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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Westmorland and Furness Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 0 refused · 846 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
2 THE FAULDS, FRONT STREET, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PB
Received 20 Apr 2020Mutton Hall, Reservoir Road, KILLINGTON, LA8 0NW
Received 21 Dec 2020LAND OFF CROGLAM PARK, ROWGATE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PJ
Received 21 Oct 2021LAND WEST OF BRUNTLEY MEADOWS, ALSTON
Received 29 Mar 20219 Arthur Street PENRITH CA11 7TU
Received 26 Mar 2025LANGWATHBY HALL FARM, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 4 Oct 2019LAND OFF ST JOHNS ROAD, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 14 May 2019BARN ADJACENT TO CHELLOW COTTAGE, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 10 Aug 2020Kendal Town Hall, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4ED
Received 4 Dec 2020Land adjacent to 55 Jutland Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7LQ
Received 5 Jun 2018Field 3705 South of Tilery Farm Bleatarn Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6PX
Received 18 Sept 2025MIDDLE BANK END FARM, COUPLAND BECK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LN
Received 29 Aug 2018Beehive Business Park, Thomas Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NJ
Received 27 Jan 2020White Cottage Hale MILNTHORPE LA7 7BL
Received 4 Mar 2026Orchard Barn Bolton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6AW
Received 27 Jan 2026Sampool Wood, Sampool, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EJ
Received 23 Mar 202310 LOWTHER GLEN, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BP
Received 3 Dec 2021HIGH PLOUGHLANDS, PLOUGHLANDS LANE, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PQ
Received 2 Jan 201913-15 & 17 The Market Hall Market Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AU
Received 16 Oct 2025Co-operative The Sands Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6XN
Received 31 Jan 2024Oak Farm Great Strickland Penrith CA10 3DF
Received 14 Jan 20267 Carrock Close KENDAL LA9 7HW
Received 7 May 2025Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 16 Oct 2020A66 Hub, , LORDS HOUSE, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2AB
Received 4 Jan 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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