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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
66,659Searchable applications
206Recorded as pending
—Approval rate · 0 approved or refused records
0Refused applications

0 approved · 0 refused · 2,999 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Determined02/9014

    SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING CLASSROOM.

    CLIFTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, CLIFTON, PENRITH

    Received 26 Sept 2002
  2. Determined22/0080

    Certificate of lawfulness for the continued use of Peg Top Flat as an independent residential property.

    PEG TOP FLAT, GREYSTOKE CASTLE STABLE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TG

    Received 1 Feb 2022
  3. DeterminedTR/2023/0126

    T1 - Lime - Fell tree due to partial root-plate failure

    Street Record, Waterside, KENDAL, LA9 4EX

    Received 8 Sept 2023
  4. Determined5901037

    ALTERATIONS TO PROVIDE SELF-CONTAINED FLAT

    35 CHURCH STREET, MILNTHORPE

    Received 12 Apr 1990
  5. Withdrawn14/0968

    Erection of a new detached house.

    CHAPELFIELD, SKELTON, CA11 9TB

    Received 31 Oct 2014
  6. Determined5901112

    SEPTIC TANK

    KEARSTWICK INSTITUTE, KEARSTWICK,, KIRKBY LONSDALE

    Received 11 Apr 1990
  7. Determined5981050

    CHANGE OF USE FROM AGRICULTURAL LAND TO DOMESTIC CURTILAGE & ALTERATION TO FIELD ACCESS

    MILL COTTAGE, STAINTON

    Received 7 May 1998
  8. Determined96/0055

    GENERAL STORAGE SHED

    CROGLIN LOW HALL, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE

    Received 29 Jan 1996
  9. Determined5970473

    CHANGE OF USE FROM WAREHOUSE TO ALLOW SALES OF SECOND HAND FURNITURE

    MODGATE HOUSE, STATION YARD, KENDAL

    Received 3 Mar 1997
  10. Determined89/0449

    FARM MACHINERY SHED

    SOUTH VIEW FARM, ELLONBY, PENRITH

    Received 28 Apr 1989
  11. DeterminedSL/2018/0689

    Installation of 15M high monopole and associated ancillary equipment within substation compound

    Electricity Substation, Off B6254, Armistead, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0HT

    Received 2 Aug 2018
  12. DeterminedSL/2006/1084

    ERECTION OF WIND TURBINE TO ROOF

    QD BUILDING GLAXO WELCOME OPERATIONS, NORTH LONSDALE ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DR

    Received 5 Oct 2006
  13. Determined11/1126

    Phase One development of nine dwellings including two affordable units.

    LINDEN HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ

    Received 21 Dec 2011
  14. Determined91/0150

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE DWELLING

    CROFT TERRACE, PENRITH

    Received 22 Feb 1991
  15. Determined18/0714

    Proposed roofing over a farm midden.

    MIDDEN TO WEST OF MIDTOWN BARN, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF

    Received 24 Aug 2018
  16. Determined5021346

    CHANGE OF USE OF RESTAURANT ON FIRST FLOOR TO BEDROOM

    THE COPPER KETTLE, 3-5 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE

    Received 21 May 2002
  17. DeterminedSL/2021/0818

    Single storey side extension forming extended kitchen / dining room and utility room.

    55 Birkett Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LN

    Received 13 Aug 2021
  18. Determined90/0781

    ONE HOUSE

    BRAITHWAITE, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN

    Received 5 Aug 1990
  19. Determined16/0767

    Non material amendment to appeal approval APP/H0928/W/15/314 comprising of changes to layout, cable ladders and buildings to maximise efficiency.

    LAND AT WREAY, SOUTHWAITE, CUMBRIA, CA4 0PY

    Received 22 Aug 2016
  20. DeterminedTR/2018/0127

    G1 2x Sycamore & G2 1x Ash & 3 Sycamore - prune branches back to main stem

    Hadwins Approved, Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RH

    Received 25 Jul 2018
  21. Determined22/0418

    Listed Building Consent for repair and replacement works to roof, gable wall, chimney and rainwater goods.

    4 CHURCH WALK, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RD

    Received 24 May 2022
  22. Determined5001590-(2)

    EXTENSION & ALTERATIONS

    THE STRICKLAND ARMS, SIZERGH

    Received 15 Jun 2000
  23. DeterminedSL/2017/0243

    Removal of ground floor window and installation of replacement access door

    2 The Old School, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NT

    Received 17 Mar 2017
  24. Determined01/0259

    CONVERSION OF EXISTING BARN INTO DWELLINGHOUSE. SOME DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BARN IS NECESSARY FOR SAFETY REASONS IE DECAY OF ROOF TRUSSES AND INSTABILITY OF STONE WALLING. AS AMENDED BY INFORMATION RECEIVED ON 29/5/01.

    WALTONS PLACE, STAINTON, PENRITH

    Received 9 Apr 2001

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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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