2025
32 Hartington Street Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 5SL
Change of Use Change from Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to 7 bedroom House, 7 person House…
29 Hartington Street Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 5SL Data via plota.co.uk
Refused
B20/2026/0032
Description
Change of use from dwelling (C3) to 9 bed, 9 person HMO (sui generis) including excavation of front and rear yard to provide light to basement Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
How this decision compares
Decided in 172 days from validation, 106 days slower than Westmorland and Furness's median of 66 for changes of use. Refused, as 21% of changes of use here are.
This one172d
Council66d
UK56d
41%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
71decided in the last year
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Westmorland and Furness in the last twelve months, from validation. Westmorland and Furness decision record →
Site constraints 2
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 67 m away: Central Barrow; Inside the Barrow-in-Furness built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £32,000 in May 1996. Terraced house, freehold.
31 May 1996£32,000
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
Floor area192 m² (2,067 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (66 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyMid-terrace house, 7 habitable rooms
Built1930 to 1949
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Historical activity at this location
21 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
2025
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Change of Use Change from Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to 7 bedroom House, 7 person House…
2025
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36 - 38 Hartington Street Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 5SL
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9 Hartington Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 5SL
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Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use
Westmorland and Furness is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #235 out of 296. 52% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).
Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Westmorland and Furness decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #96 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #145 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #235 of 296
52%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #238 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
69 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
135 decided
1,204
Total decisions
91 refused in the year to March 2026
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.