2025
97 - 99 Abbey Road Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Proposed first floor extension to provide new consulting rooms.
Land adjacent to 55 Abbey Road, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 5ES. Data via plota.co.uk
PENDING
B22/2026/0394
Description
Removal of two 48-sheet paper and paste advertisements and erection of one internally illuminated 48 sheet digital display. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Decision outlook
Plota predicts a decision between 31 Oct 2026 and 14 Nov 2026, from Westmorland and Furness's recent signs and adverts.
Day 33 of the 56-day target. Westmorland and Furness usually decides signs and adverts by day 63.
Day 3330 days to the predicted decision (day 63)
37%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
5%go to committee
Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Westmorland and Furness in the last twelve months, from validation. Westmorland and Furness decision record →
Site constraints 2
Registered park or garden about 43 m away: Barrow Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Also on the record
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 18 September 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.
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Historical activity at this location
18 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
97 - 99 Abbey Road Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Proposed first floor extension to provide new consulting rooms.
2025
97 - 99 Abbey Road Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Proposed first floor extension to provide new consulting rooms.
2025
87 Abbey Road Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Proposed change of use of existing five bed domestic dwelling into an eight bed house in…
2025
87 Abbey Road Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Proposed change of use of existing five bed domestic dwelling into an eight bed house in…
2025
87 Abbey Road Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Proposed change of use of existing five bed domestic dwelling into an eight bed house in…
2019
Approved
85 Abbey Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use or Development as a Guest…
2019
Approved
85 Abbey Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use or Development as a Guest…
2019
Approved
85 Abbey Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use or Development as a Guest…
2019
Approved
85 Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 5ES
Change of use from seven bedroom guest house (Use class C1) to a eight bedroom House of M…
2019
Approved
85 Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 5ES
Change of use from seven bedroom guest house (Use class C1) to a eight bedroom House of M…
2019
Approved
85 Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 5ES
Change of use from seven bedroom guest house (Use class C1) to a eight bedroom House of M…
2018
Refused
85 Abbey Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Change of use from seven bedroom guest house (Use class C1) to a nine bedroom House of Mu…
2018
Refused
85 Abbey Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Change of use from seven bedroom guest house (Use class C1) to a nine bedroom House of Mu…
2018
Refused
85 Abbey Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Change of use from seven bedroom guest house (Use class C1) to a nine bedroom House of Mu…
2016
Withdrawn
93 Abbey Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Rear garage extension.
2016
Withdrawn
93 Abbey Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Rear garage extension.
2016
Withdrawn
93 Abbey Road Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 5ES
Rear garage extension.
Westmorland and Furness
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#233 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
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
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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