Almost £40,000 of housing money to help residents in an area of Cumbria is being given back to the government. Barrow Borough Council said demand for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) had not ...

Council bosses are "optimistic" an investor can be found to redevelop a site in Cumbria where 180 homes are being demolished. The last 10 houses in Marsh Street, Barrow-in-Furness, are being ...

Council tenants in Barrow are being warned to beware of rogue callers posing as housing officials in an attempt to lure residents into risky legal claims. Westmorland and Furness Council has issued a ...

AN 800-home development will not be a ‘silver bullet’ for Barrow’s housing needs, according to the council leader. Leader of Westmorland and Furness Council councillor Jonathan Brook told ...

Approximately 900 new homes need to be built in Barrow-in-Furness every year to cope with the town's expanding shipyard, according to its operators. BAE Systems is adding 5,000 workers to its ...

THE unitary Westmorland and Furness authority will have headquarters in three different towns when it begins operating next year. The council's 'anchor buildings' are to be located in Barrow ...

Plans to convert a stone barn into two separate houses have been submitted to a council. The barn at Park Farm in Whalley Road, Barrow, is “no longer fit for modern agriculture purposes ...