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Westmorland and Furness Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Westmorland and Furness Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
22,834Searchable applications
102Recorded as pending
—Approval rate · 0 approved or refused records
0Refused applications

0 approved · 0 refused · 1,016 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas28 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

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More application records

  1. WithdrawnSL/2023/0309

    Erection of ready to feed milk (RTF) building (Revised scheme SL/2022/0763)

    Unit 1 Lake District Business Park, Mint Bridge Road, KENDAL, LA9 6NL

    Received 11 Apr 2023
  2. Determined2026/0220/FPA

    Erection of 1x modular build training room installed near site entrance with new ramp and steps access and 1x prefabricated welfare cabin installed at bottom end of site with new ramp and steps access. New windows to existing building at north end of the site

    Canal Head Highways Depot KENDAL LA9 7BY

    Received 28 Jan 2026
  3. WithdrawnSL/2018/0698

    Lawful Development Certificate to establish that paddock land is within domestic curtilage

    Birdlands, Old Hall Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DF

    Received 3 Aug 2018
  4. Determined2025/1719/TEL

    Notification under Regulation 5 of The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for the installation of 1 x 10 metre wooden telegraph pole

    Pavement across from The Pines 6 Fernhill Road Grange-over-sands LA11 7JD

    Received 8 Sept 2025
  5. Determined2025/1578/PAPP

    Prior Notification under schedule 2, part 6, class A, for the erection an anerobic digestion plant

    Jenkin Cragg Farm Fowl Ing Lane Kendal LA9 6PH

    Received 18 Aug 2025
  6. Determined2024/2132/FPA

    Replacement of polycarbonate plastic conservatory roof with a Britmet slate 2000 lightweight tiles in titanium grey

    Cantsfield 17 Briery Bank Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0EF

    Received 11 Nov 2024
  7. Determined19/0914

    Proposed excavation of land.

    MEG BANK FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE

    Received 20 Dec 2019
  8. Appeal Determined16/0480

    Change of use of a former methodist chapel to single dwelling.

    METHODIST CHURCH, CHAPEL LANE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UH

    Received 31 May 2016
  9. Determined19/0122

    Listed building consent for rear porch.

    RIVERSIDE, THE BREWERY, ALSTON, CA9 3RP

    Received 18 Feb 2019
  10. Determined18/0696

    Removal of 2 x multi-stemmed Cypress which have outgrown their environment and one obstructing views down the garden; Hunsonby Conservation Area.

    CROFT HOUSE, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PN

    Received 17 Aug 2018
  11. Determined2026/1083/TEL

    Notification under Regulation 5 of The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) for 2 x 9m wooden telecommunications pole.

    Low House Hesket Newmarket WIGTON CA7 8JA

    Received 27 May 2026
  12. DeterminedSL/2018/0608

    Demolition of existing classroom block, formation of new entrance drive, construction of three detached dwellings with associated landscaping and parking, construction of single storey garage and summerhouses

    Cressbrook, Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HW

    Received 10 Jul 2018
  13. DeterminedSL/2017/0495

    Installation of slurry lagoon store and hollow infill area for surplus / excavated material (revised scheme SL/2017/0275)

    Bradley Farm, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ND

    Received 22 May 2017
  14. Determined2024/0439/TCA

    Laburnum tree in garden - cut down to stump.

    13 Graham Street Penrith CA11 9LG

    Received 12 Mar 2024
  15. Determined21/0194

    Two storey extension.

    THE SPINNEY, ROUNDTHORN, PENRITH, CA11 8SJ

    Received 1 Mar 2021
  16. DeterminedBE/2017/0031

    Single storey rear extension extending 7.85 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling (measured externally) with a maximum height of 3.2 metres (measured externally from the natural ground level) and height to eaves of 3.2 metres (measured externally from the natural ground level) (Decision Ref BE/2017/0024)

    Thornville, Low Park Lane, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EH

    Received 11 Jul 2017
  17. DeterminedSL/2022/0343

    Single storey front extension

    9 Hill Place, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7HB

    Received 6 Apr 2022
  18. Determined2025/2365/TEL

    Notification under Regulation 5 of The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) for the installation of 1 x 8m light wooden telecommunications pole.

    Land adj Boxwood House Kirkby Stephen CA17 4JH

    Received 8 Dec 2025
  19. Determined2024/0248/FPA

    Change of use of agricultural land to create 20 touring pitches (5 pitches retrospective)

    Warth Sutton Farm Crooklands MILNTHORPE LA7 7NU

    Received 15 Feb 2024
  20. DeterminedPN/2020/0009

    Installation of 12 metre high smart metering radio mast, 1No. smart Metering Omni antenna, 1No. Smart Metering GPS and 3G antennas, along with ancillary equipment incorporating a smart metering enclosure and power pillar, both to be fixed on a concrete base

    Grass verge A5092, Beanthwaite, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XT

    Received 30 Jan 2020
  21. DeterminedSL/2020/0195

    Extension of Prizet Service Station to include drive-thru Costa restaurant, offices, car parking with electric charging points and associated site works (Resubmission of SL/2019/0694)

    Prizet Filling Station, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AA

    Received 9 Mar 2020
  22. Determined2024/2438/FPA

    Demolition of detached garage and erection of a 2 storey side & rear extension.

    8 Spital Park Kendal Cumbria LA9 6HG

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  23. Determined17/0989

    Change of use of a former methodist chapel to dwellinghouses.

    METHODIST CHURCH, CHAPEL LANE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UH

    Received 17 Nov 2017
  24. Determined17/0189

    The use of existing building for permanent residential occupation.

    BLACKHILL LODGE STUD, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX

    Received 9 Mar 2017

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