Westmorland and Furness Council

Open Consultations

Marina Village Residential Opportunity SPD – Habitat Regulation Assessment Update March 2025

The Marina Village Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) sets out Westmorland and Furness Council’s development, design, and infrastructure requirements for the Marina Village Residential Opportunity site, located off Salthouse Road to the southeast of Barrow Town Centre. The SPD relates to the...

Closes 3 April 2025
Leaflet Swap and Networking event

Thank you for attending our Leaflet Swap and Networking event on Wednesday 19 th March at Hutton in the Forest. W e hope you found the event useful and informative. We would be really grateful if you could please spare a couple of minutes to complete our short survey. Your...

Closes 14 April 2025
Consultation on Sockbridge and Tirril Neighbourhood Area Application

Westmorland and Furness Council has received an application from Sockbridge and Tirril Parish Council for the designation of a Neighbourhood Plan Area under Part 2 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012. The area covers the whole of Sockbridge and Tirril parish. A...

Closes 17 April 2025
Be part of history: Design Cumbria’s first Community Flag!

Thank you for your interest in designing a flag for Cumbria! Please complete the form below to submit your design. About the Competition: The Lord-Lieutenant and the High Sheriff of Cumbria, with support from, Cumberland Council, Westmorland and Furness Council, Carlisle Cathedral,...

Closes 25 April 2025
Draft Pavement Licensing Policy 2025-2030 Consultation

A consultation is now taking place for our draft Pavement Licensing Policy. The consultation will be open until 28 th April 2025 and we would welcome any comments either you, your business, or your organisation may wish to make. The draft Policy introduces a permanent pavement licensing...

Closes 28 April 2025

Closed Consultations

Funding our future: Budget Consultation 2025/26

Welcome to our budget consultation. Your responses will help us set the budget for the next financial year. Westmorland and Furness Council is now in its second year of delivering many...

Polling District Review 2024

We are undertaking a review of polling districts, polling places and polling stations. We would like to hear your views about the existing arrangements for the polling districts,...

Consultation on proposed Admission Arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools - 2026/27

All schools must have admission arrangements that clearly set out how children will be admitted, including the criteria that will be applied if there are more applications than places at the school....

Westmorland & Furness Council and Cumbria Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfasts

Thank you for attending one or more of our breakfast events this year in either Barrow in Furness, Kendal or Penrith. During the year we have run these events covering two specific themes – Business...

Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Strategy

Westmorland and Furness Council are leading the work on developing the Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Strategy. We are working closely with Cumberland Council, Natural England, Lake District National...