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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0 approved · 0 refused · 889 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 and 3 Brown Robin Lindale Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EU
Received 11 Sept 20241-2 Little Dockray Penrith CA11 7HL
Received 2 Feb 202632 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 16 Mar 2022Land West of Hartside Nursery ALSTON CA9 3BT
Received 26 Feb 2026STRIPES FARM, WAITBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HQ
Received 10 Nov 20222 Old Row Stainton KENDAL LA8 0LQ
Received 16 Oct 20247 CASTLETOWN DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 9ES
Received 11 Aug 2021Caravan site at former Duckys Park Farm, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LS
Received 20 May 2022CHURCH MEWS, DUKE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7NB
Received 21 Dec 2018K Village, 1 Riverside Place, Lound Road, KENDAL, LA9 7FH
Received 10 Aug 2018Land at the former Cedar House School, Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2HW
Received 30 Jun 201731 Fountain Street, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7EQ
Received 5 Apr 2023Post Cottage The Square Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QF
Received 7 Jul 202530 Cavendish Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 5 Nov 2018The Shieling, Eden Park Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BW
Received 10 Jun 2022LAND AT MANNELLI HOUSE, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9BN
Received 27 Nov 2018Former Coach House adjacent Bank End House Appleby in Westmorland CA16 6LH
Received 6 Jun 2025WETHERIGGS POTTERY, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DH
Received 18 Sept 2020Cross Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DQ
Received 19 Aug 20223 RAILWAY COTTAGES, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BY
Received 17 Jan 2022LAND SOUTH WEST OF BANK TOP, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 11 May 2022Railway Bridge over M6 Motorway Clifton PENRITH CA10 2EA
Received 4 Jun 202417 The Old Nurseries, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7AD
Received 9 Dec 2019THE MANOR HOUSE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HL
Received 13 May 2019Records 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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