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Westmorland and Furness Design Code Survey 2024
About the Design Code This survey is designed to collect views on the future Westmorland and Furness Design Code. It explores design preferences, local views on development and aims to understand the different characters of places across Westmorland and Furness. The design code will cover the Westmorland and Furness Council area excluding those parts within the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to... MoreClosed 30 September 2024 -
Westmorland and Furness Local Plan: Early Conversation Survey 2024
We are at a very early stage in preparing the Local Plan. Before we put pen to paper on the new plan, we are starting with a conversation with you about the places you live, work and visit across the Local Plan area. What is a Local Plan? The Local Plan: allocates sites for housing and other developments, such as new employment sites and minerals and waste sites (e.g. quarries and recycling centres) ensures a steady and adequate supply of aggregates (minerals) to... MoreClosed 30 September 2024 -
Local Plan Conversation Board
We want to hear your thoughts and ideas! We are at a very early stage in preparing the Local Plan, and we would like to hear your thoughts on a range of topics about our places. Your views will help shape the vision for the Local Plan, the issues that it needs to address and how these will be tackled. We want you to think about not just the here and now, but what is best for the future of the area – the things that your children or grandchildren will want from future development. ... MoreClosed 30 September 2024 -
School Funding Formula Consultation 2025-26
A national funding formula (NFF) was introduced for schools from 2018/19 and as in previous years, local authorities will continue to decide in 2025/26, following consultation with their schools and Schools Forum, whether this formula is applied or a locally determined formula is used. This following consultation aims to seek the views of all Westmorland & Furness mainstream schools/academies and Schools Forum on the proposed schools funding formula in 2025/2 6. The consultation... MoreClosed 25 October 2024 -
Westmorland and Furness Council 16-19 Education Travel Bursary Feedback
We would like to get your feedback on the Westmorland and Furness 16-19 Education Travel Bursary. Your feedback will help us understand the impact of the bursary and make improvements in the future. MoreClosed 8 November 2024 -
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 Park Authority and Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, and are supported by Cumbria Local Nature Partnership. Over 700 people have been involved in sharing their views about nature in Cumbria and helping to developing the draft priorities and measures for nature recovery, but it is... MoreClosed 22 November 2024 -
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 Support and Employment & Skills - and hope you have found them helpful to you and your business. To help us evaluate their impact and understand how we can best engage with businesses in the future we welcome your participation in the following short survey. MoreClosed 2 December 2024 -
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. Admission arrangements are determined by admission authorities. Westmorland and Furness Council (the local authority) is the admission authority for all community and voluntary controlled schools with the local authority area of Westmorland and Furness. Consultation starts... MoreClosed 9 December 2024 -
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, polling places and polling stations, and any proposed amendments made by the (Acting) Returning Officer and any suggestions for alternative polling districts, polling places and polling stations including reasons for the use of alternatives. Westmorland and Furness is split... MoreClosed 13 December 2024 -
Children and Young People Survey
This survey is for children and young people that live in Westmorland and Furness, that have a special educational need and/or disability (SEND). Your responses will be anonymous. It is your choice to answer any question or skip it. If you need some extra help to understand the questions or choose your responses, we encourage parent carers or another adult to support you. These surveys have been designed by Westmorland and Furness SEND Partnership to help... MoreOpened 8 January 2025 -
Children & Young People Survey
This survey is for children and young people that live in Westmorland and Furness, that have a special educational need and/or disability (SEND). Your responses will be anonymous. It is your choice to answer any question or skip it. If you need some extra help to understand the questions or choose your responses, we encourage parent carers or another adult to support you. These surveys have been designed by Westmorland and Furness SEND Partnership to help... MoreOpened 8 January 2025 -
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 of your essential local services—from waste collection and recycling to social care, education, roads, planning and so much more. Following Local Government Reorganisation we have worked hard over the last 18 months to bring together the work of four councils into one and... MoreClosed 17 January 2025 -
SEND Information and Advice Support Service - Network Survey
It is important that people who use the SEND Information and Advice Support Service (IASS), have a good experience and get the information, advice and support they need - after all it is why we exist! To make sure we are doing a good job, the national SEND IASS Network ask us to gather feedback on 6 simple questions from people that have used our service - if you've been sent this survey that's YOU! MoreOpened 24 February 2025 -
Community Governance Review
When Westmorland & Furness Council was created, the next scheduled election date for the authority were set by central government to be in May 2027. The dates for scheduled parish and town council elections were not changed. Most local councils in the area are already due to hold their next elections in May 2027. However, some are due to hold elections earlier or later than that. We have received a number of requests to resolve this anomaly. As a result, we have launched... MoreOpened 6 March 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 regime in England to replace the temporary provisions introduced by the Business and Planning Act 2020 which were put in place during the Coronavirus pandemic to enable hospitality businesses to use... MoreOpened 1 April 2025 -
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 residential site, allocated as SHL001 Marina Village, Barrow, in the adopted Barrow Borough Local Plan 2016-2031. We consulted on this SPD in August and September 2024.... MoreClosed 3 April 2025 -
Management of trees between Briarigg and Burneside Road, Kendal
We have received complaints about the height of the trees that form a shelterbelt, between Burneside road and Briarigg. The council seeks the views of residents on Burneside Road and Briarigg, and the surrounding community regarding the below options. This engagement is non-binding on the council but feedback will inform how we proceed. The council’s commitment to increasing biodiversity and budget will also be considered. Background Planning... MoreCreated 10 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 feedback and ideas are extremely important to help us shape and develop future events and ensure that they meet your business needs. MoreClosed 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 copy of the Neighbourhood Area application, including reasons why the parish council considers the area is appropriate and a map of the proposed neighbourhood area is available via the link... MoreClosed 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, the University of Cumbria, and the Flag Institute invites individuals, schools, community groups, and organisations to create a design that reflects the pride, heritage, and identity of Cumbria. ... MoreClosed 25 April 2025
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