2024 Westmorland and Furness Annual Business Survey
Each year, we will carry out our business survey to all business premises within our area. Your survey response is central to the work we do, as it will give us useful feedback on the supply and demand for business premises and land across our geography. This helps us to better plan for future employment development and to understand the opportunities and challenges facing our business community.
Work began on our new Local Plan for Westmorland and Furness, and this survey response will support this process. The Local Plan will ensure the right types of employment and housing development in a way that balances the economic, social and environmental impacts, setting out our strategy for land allocations. The voice of our business community is critical in our new Local Plan.
This survey was conducted by the council’s Economic Development and Regeneration team, who lead on our Invest in Westmorland and Furness programme to support our businesses to grow and thrive.
