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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0 approved · 0 refused · 888 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE OLD SCHOOL YARD, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3TP
Received 11 Mar 2021Bank Dale, Coast Road, Roosebeck, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RG
Received 2 May 201910 Inglemere Gardens, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BX
Received 2 Nov 2018Alston Digital, KEARTONS HOUSE, MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3HS
Received 30 Mar 20215 Jefferson Drive ULVERSTON LA12 9LU
Received 26 Jul 2024Grange Over Sands Train Station, Station Square, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6EH
Received 8 Feb 20235 Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LR
Received 22 Feb 2019Fell House Low Fellside KENDAL LA9 4NH
Received 3 Jul 2024CORNERWAYS, 5 SANDATH GARDENS, PENRITH, CA11 8BG
Received 9 May 20229 King Street ULVERSTON LA12 7DZ
Received 13 May 20259 Ruskin Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DB
Received 13 Dec 2022Corner of Hollins Lane & Burneside Road, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6QP
Received 30 May 2022SWINBURN HOUSE, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UE
Received 10 May 2023Applegarth Nicholson Lane PENRITH CA11 7UL
Received 29 Oct 20255 Carleton Terrace Main Street Shap PENRITH CA10 3PY
Received 16 Feb 2024Furness Building Society 20 New Market Street ULVERSTON LA12 7LN
Received 31 Jan 202421 Helme Drive, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7JB
Received 28 Jul 2022Three Winds Swinestead Lane Baycliff ULVERSTON LA12 9RY
Received 4 Feb 20255 Seawood Place, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AR
Received 24 Mar 202184 Greenside, KENDAL, LA9 5DT
Received 9 Nov 2023Eden Animal Rescue, , 37 GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH, CA11 7BN
Received 11 Nov 2019Raines Hall Farm Lakeland Maize Maze Sedgwick KENDAL LA8 0JH
Received 13 Mar 2026The Hawthorns, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QL
Received 3 Aug 20213 Beechnut Road KENDAL LA9 7FF
Received 29 Jun 2026Records 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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