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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0 approved · 0 refused · 879 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Yewbarrow Main Street GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EB
Received 19 Jan 2026Grange-over-Sands Lido, The Promenade, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6DP
Received 1 Oct 2019DUTCH BARN, HOW HILL, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 22 Apr 2022Arnside Tower Farm Silverdale Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0SN
Received 18 Jul 202515 Keld Head Stainton Penrith CA11 0EH
Received 24 Oct 2024Merchant House Market Square Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AN
Received 7 Feb 202441 Holme Riggs Avenue PENRITH CA11 8NL
Received 11 Aug 202516 BROUGHAM HALL GARDENS, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DB
Received 14 Oct 2020HALL FARM HOUSE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 8 Jun 2023The Swiss Barn, The Square, Burton-in-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LX
Received 3 Jul 2018Apple Acre Colby APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6BD
Received 12 Apr 202447 Firs Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QF
Received 7 Feb 2023Lower garden of Skelfleet, Belmont, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HD
Received 11 Oct 2018Cairnhead Farm Ainstable CARLISLE CA4 9RP
Received 7 May 202544 PRIMROSE DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 8FA
Received 29 Aug 2023Land at Viver Green, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NA
Received 17 Feb 2021The Lodge, Sedgwick House, Sedgwick, KENDAL, LA8 0JX
Received 6 Nov 2019Land to the South of Lyndene, Holme Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7QD
Received 8 Nov 2022KETTLESTONES, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QL
Received 15 May 201819 Mint Street, KENDAL, LA9 6DS
Received 13 Nov 2023TOWN END FARM, GLASSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1DU
Received 28 Jun 2019Abbot Hall Farm Mitchelgate Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2BE
Received 3 Jul 2025Beach Helm Redhills Road Arnside Carnforth LA5 0AX
Received 7 Apr 2026Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AJ
Received 10 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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