2025
2 Marsh Street Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 2AE
Change of use from a mixed use retail shop (Use Class E(a)) on the ground floor and a 3 b…
Former Morgans Yard, Marsh Street, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, LA14 2AE. Data via plota.co.uk
Withdrawn
B13/2026/0136
Description
Erection of 5 detached dwellings including in-curtilage parking, landscaping and associated site infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Site constraints 4
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Also on the record
Special protection area about 482 m away: Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary; SSSI about 482 m away: South Walney and Piel Channel Flats SSSI; 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.
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21 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Foundry Street Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 2BA
Application for approval of details reserved by Conditions 3 (Sustainable Surface Water D…
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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Foundry Street Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 2BA
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Approved
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Foundry Street Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 2BA
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Approved
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Foundry Street Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria LA14 2BA
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Approved
17 Macadam Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 2AU
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2020
Approved
17 Macadam Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 2AU
Conversion of dwelling to 2 no. 1 bedroom self-contained dwellings
2020
Approved
17 Macadam Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 2AU
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30 Marsh Street Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 2AE
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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
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