The houses in question, at 25 and 29 Hartington Street in Barrow, would have been turned into nine-bed house shares. But despite this recommendation, councillors chose to deny permission for both schemes at the Barrow planning committee on July 28. The case planning officer took the committee through the application for 25 Hartington Street. 29 Hartington Street, Barrow (Image: Google Maps)Councillor Les Hall, of Hawcoat and Newbarns, Conservative, said he ‘vehemently’ opposed the number of HMOs in the town, adding that they are ‘inexorable’. Councillors rejected the application on those grounds, also doing the same with the application for 29 Hartington Street.