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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0 approved · 0 refused · 877 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HIGH CROFT, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 23 Jul 2021Fellwood Head, Hooks Lane, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0TH
Received 3 Dec 2020High Flan Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 20 Mar 2020Hop House, Hophouse Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2EH
Received 24 May 2019Poachers Rest, 67 Jutland Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LQ
Received 6 Apr 2023Land to the side and rear of Mar Azul Blencow Penrith CA11 0DG
Received 31 Mar 202625 Birchwood Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PS
Received 15 Apr 2019HESKET DEMAIN, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0JE
Received 31 Mar 2022Biggins Lodge Farm, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 6 Jul 202145 Beast Banks, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4JJ
Received 29 Mar 2023WAYSIDE, CRACKENTHROPE, APPLEBY, CUMBRIA, CA16 6AF
Received 21 Apr 2023Low Park ALSTON CA9 3BD
Received 8 Sept 20257 HOTHFIELD DRIVE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HJ
Received 29 Sept 20205 Thorny Hills, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7AL
Received 28 Mar 202222 Yeats Close, KENDAL, LA9 5HY
Received 7 Oct 2020Area around Gleaston House Gleaston ULVERSTON LA12 0QB
Received 25 Oct 2024APARTMENT A, BECKSIDE BRIDGE STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BP
Received 8 Sept 202142 to 48 Lowther Park Kendal Cumbria LA9 6RS
Received 4 Sept 2024Nine Chimneys Redhills Penrith CA11 0DR
Received 18 May 2026Grange View, Park Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HQ
Received 24 Mar 202390 Vicarage Drive KENDAL LA9 5BA
Received 3 Jul 20261 Coopers Drive Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0BG
Received 3 Jul 2026Amber Lodge High Bank Hill Kirkoswald PENRITH CA10 1EZ
Received 4 Oct 2024ELM GARTH COTTAGE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NH
Received 20 Sept 2018Records 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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