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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0 approved · 0 refused · 888 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shiralee, Gatebeck Road, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0HL
Received 22 Dec 2020Ikan Ltd Old Smithy Stores Main Street Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0EU
Received 29 Sept 2025Hill Farm House Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7SS
Received 17 Jan 2025Currah Cove Ousby PENRITH CA10 1QA
Received 3 Apr 2025SOWERBY HALL, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 31 Jan 2020Appleby Grange, , APPLEBY GRANGE CARE HOME, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HR
Received 25 Aug 2023MAPLE CROFT, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EP
Received 22 Jul 2020Former workshop/Garage, Viver Lane, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NF
Received 30 Nov 2020Arqiva Cabinet - Various locations, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DN
Received 3 Nov 2020KELD HOUSE FARM, CROFT ENDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JW
Received 27 Jun 202318 Bellingham Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JW
Received 10 Nov 2020Silver Royd 16 Kirkhead Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7DB
Received 15 Sept 2026Field East of Looking Flatt Hoff Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6EQ
Received 23 Apr 2025Shed at Yanwath Hall Yanwath Penrith CA10 2LF
Received 12 May 2026Road between Sewell House and Fairhaven Southwaite CARLISLE CA4 0EP
Received 6 Aug 202416 Green Bank, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HA
Received 21 Mar 20231 - 7 Kent Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AT
Received 4 Jun 20183 Sedbergh Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6BJ
Received 2 May 2018BUILDING AT THE REAR OF 14 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AH
Received 18 Feb 202121 Castle View Sedgwick KENDAL LA8 0JL
Received 20 Nov 2024SAND HILL, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EN
Received 12 Oct 2022Whinfell Wart Barrow Lane Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7RA
Received 5 Jul 2024Old Vicarage Vicarage Lane Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QN
Received 16 Oct 2025Fair View House, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BE
Received 23 Aug 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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