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Westmorland and Furness planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Westmorland and Furness Council. Covers the former Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland council areas.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Westmorland and Furness website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
42,808Searchable applications
211Recorded as pending
—Approval rate · 0 approved or refused records
0Refused applications

0 approved · 0 refused · 2,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. DeterminedSL/2022/0693

    Application for Lawful Development Certificate (existing) to establish that the cabin has been in continuous residential use since 16th September 2017

    Edge Bank Cabin, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9AS

    Received 25 Jul 2022
  2. Determined16/0132

    Proposed extension to existing dwelling to provide new kitchen and dining room.

    THWAITEHOWE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HS

    Received 8 Feb 2016
  3. Determined23/0697

    Prior Notification for change of use of an agricultural building to Use Class E offices.

    SHED AT PEMBROKE FARM, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE

    Received 10 Oct 2023
  4. DeterminedSL/2021/0370

    Retention of temporary portacabin unit (planning permission SL/2018/0152)

    2a Unit J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FP

    Received 9 Apr 2021
  5. Determined20/0856

    Erection of single-storey side, rear and front extension, and installation of a new door to rear elevation

    1 St JOHNS CRESCENT, STAINTON, CA11 0EX

    Received 6 Nov 2020
  6. Determined16/0704

    Non material amendment to planning approval 16/0292 comprising of the reduction in size of 3 windows

    PLOTS 7 AND 8, HORSE AND FARRIER COURTYARD, LOW MOOR, KIRKBY THORE, CA10 1XJ

    Received 28 Jul 2016
  7. Determined15/0622

    Remove Red Oak (No 6 on plan); Temple Sowerby Conservation Area.

    ST JAMES'S CHURCH, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ

    Received 10 Jul 2015
  8. Determined14/0469

    Steel portal building.

    SCHOOL HOUSE, MURTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6LZ

    Received 29 May 2014
  9. DeterminedSL/2012/1037

    CONSTRUCTION OF A CYCLE PUMP TRACK ON THE UPPER PLAYING FIELD

    ALLITHWAITE COMMUNITY CENTRE, QUARRY LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QJ

    Received 10 Dec 2012
  10. DeterminedSL/2004/1495

    TWO STOREY EXTENSION & SUNROOM TO REAR

    2 RAYGARTH, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DS

    Received 15 Nov 2004
  11. Determined12/0590

    Prior notification for a general purpose agricultural building.

    LAND AT HIGH HOUSE FARMHOUSE, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BE

    Received 28 Jun 2012
  12. Determined2026/0276/HOU

    Single storey rear extension

    The Old Granary Foulstone Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PP

    Received 5 Feb 2026
  13. DeterminedSL/2018/0580

    Single storey extension to the north

    Kiln Head Cottage, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DG

    Received 2 Jul 2018
  14. Determined2025/2475/FPA

    Change of Use of the former Presbytery and St Robert and St Alice Chapel to provide a centre for respite care, incorporating staff accommodation & religious chapel (Use Class Sui Generis) including the provision of workshops and meeting facilities within the former barn

    Dodding Green Dodding Holme Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DH

    Received 29 Dec 2025
  15. DeterminedSL/2018/0710

    Conversion of ground floor retail shop (Class A1) to self-contained flat (Class C3)

    139 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4EN

    Received 13 Aug 2018
  16. Determined15/0396

    Installation of a 31.5kWp PV array on the south facing roof of the barn to the South East of the farm.

    HOWFIELD FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LQ

    Received 30 Apr 2015
  17. DeterminedSL/2004/0807

    CONSERVATORY

    27 LONG MEADOW LANE, NATLAND, KENDAL, LA9 7QZ

    Received 15 Jun 2004
  18. Appeal DeterminedSL/2005/0671

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS & ERECTION OF UTILITY ROOM & PORCH, EXTERNAL STAIRCASE TO BASEMENT & INTERNAL ALTERATIONS (RETROSPECTIVE)

    CARK MANOR, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PG

    Received 13 Jun 2005
  19. Determined19/0080

    Reserved matters application for access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale attached to approval 17/0032.

    LAND AT STATION ROAD, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1TB

    Received 6 Feb 2019
  20. DeterminedSL/2005/1332

    AGRICULTURAL BUILDING

    OS FIELD NO 3045, GATEBECK ROAD, KENDAL

    Received 1 Dec 2005
  21. Determined19/0652

    Proposed agricultural building for crop and machinery storage.

    CROSSFELL HOUSE FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UP

    Received 5 Sept 2019
  22. DeterminedSL/2016/1080

    Replacement painted timber double glazed sash windows

    First and Second Floor Victoria House, Main Street, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6DP

    Received 18 Nov 2016
  23. Determined15/0617

    Remove 2 Ash trees alongside boundary wall with public footpath; Dufton Conservation Area.

    HOLLY BANK, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DF

    Received 9 Jul 2015
  24. DeterminedPN/2019/0017

    Portal framed building for storage of agricultural equipment and feed

    Part OS Field No 7900, adjacent to Wellwood, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RD

    Received 17 Apr 2019

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Westmorland and Furness Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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