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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
64,655Searchable applications
197Recorded as pending
—Approval rate · 0 approved or refused records
0Refused applications

0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning About Building Control and contact detailsLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application advice and feesConservation areas Find a conservation areaArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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/2006/0790

    TWO STOREY EXTENSION & ALTERATIONS

    'NATHANS', BRIGSTEER, KENDAL, LA8 8AN

    Received 12 Jul 2006
  2. Determined20/0723

    Advertisement consent for the retention of 2no advertisement signs on South elevation and 1no noticeboard on East elevation.

    THE HIVE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PF

    Received 22 Sept 2020
  3. Determined12/0843

    Erection of replacement porch extension (front elevation) and single storey extension (rear elevation).

    WINDYGARTH, BOLTON, APPELBY, CA16 6AX

    Received 1 Oct 2012
  4. Determined98/0210

    EXTENSION OF EXISTING FARMHOUSE TO FORM HOLIDAY HOUSE CONVERSION OF SMALL BARN FOR HOLIDAY PURPOSES AND CONVERSION OF BARN FOR NEW FARMHOUSE

    MAZON WATH FARM, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN

    Received 27 Mar 1998
  5. Determined5910546

    AGRICULTURAL BUILDING FOR STORAGE OF SILAGE

    BIRKETTS FARM, PARK ROAD, MILNTHORPE

    Received 26 Feb 1991
  6. Determined06/0301

    Wood fuelled 1MWE gasification plant for renewable energy generation. C/W new building.

    LOW PLAINS FARM, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9RQ

    Received 12 Apr 2006
  7. Determined5961817

    SITING OF TOURING CARAVAN

    DAVY BANK WOOD, FIRBANK

    Received 9 Sept 1996
  8. Determined18/0300

    Change of use of agricultural building to dwellinghouse.

    BARN AT FAUGH HEAD, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QW

    Received 17 Apr 2018
  9. DeterminedSL/2021/0091

    Covered midden

    Ghyll Beck Farm, Chapels, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XY

    Received 1 Feb 2021
  10. Determined2024/1717/TEL

    Notification under Regulation 5 of The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) for 17no medium wooden telecommunications poles.

    Land at Culgaith PENRITH CA10 1QW

    Received 17 Sept 2024
  11. Determined12/0094

    Renewal of planning permission for continued change of use of field for caravan site for the duration of Appleby Horse Fair.

    LAND OFF ROMAN ROAD, NEXT TO FAIR HILL, APPLEBY, CUMBRIA

    Received 30 Jan 2012
  12. Determined20/0412

    Proposed agricultural building and an extension to an agricultural building.

    THISTLEWOOD, RAUGHTON HEAD, CARLISLE

    Received 23 Jun 2020
  13. Determined5980541

    DIVISION OF BUILDING TO FORM 6 INDUSTRIAL UNITS & INCREASE HEIGHT OF EXISTING RETAINING WALL (RESUBMISSION OF 5/97/0219 & 5/97/0560)

    LOW MILLS, NATLAND ROAD, KENDAL

    Received 10 Mar 1998
  14. DeterminedSL/2004/1374

    ERECTION OF TWO REPLACEMENT GARAGES

    LAND OPPOSITE 21 & 23 DALE AVENUE, KENDAL, LA9 6DD

    Received 15 Oct 2004
  15. Determined01/0700

    PROPOSED PORCH

    BRIAR MOSS, ORTON, PENRITH

    Received 5 Sept 2001
  16. Determined18/0612

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the continued use of a garden building for ancillary domestic use.

    RIVERSIDE COTTAGE, HEADS NOOK, BRAMPTON, CA8 9DH

    Received 17 Jul 2018
  17. Determined2026/0451/HOU

    Proposed single storey rear extension.

    Fayrestowe 82 Greenside KENDAL LA9 5DT

    Received 27 Feb 2026
  18. DeterminedSL/2005/0133

    SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

    18 HERON CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 7JR

    Received 7 Feb 2005
  19. WithdrawnSL/2005/0595

    CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS TO BUSINESS USE (CLASS B1 OF THE USE CLASSES ORDER)

    BUTTLE HOUSE FARM, HUTTON ROOF, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PF

    Received 24 May 2005
  20. Determined2023/1128/FPA

    Construction of day nursery and pre-school use class E.

    Land off Greenbank Road Eden Business Park Penrith CA11 9FB

    Received 5 Dec 2023
  21. Determined12/0034

    Proposed extension to storage building (revised application).

    SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 2AY

    Received 12 Jan 2012
  22. DeterminedSL/2022/0822

    Two storey side & single storey rear extensions (Resubmission of SL/2022/0202)

    48 Natland Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7LT

    Received 5 Sept 2022
  23. Determined02/0465

    TO CHANGE USE OF LAND TO PAINTBALL SITE

    CLARGHYLL WOOD, ALSTON

    Received 17 Dec 2001
  24. DeterminedSL/2017/0888

    Replacement of four windows to rear first and second floors

    27 Market Place, KENDAL, LA9 4TP

    Received 28 Sept 2017

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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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