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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0 approved · 0 refused · 892 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Thomas's C of E School, Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PP
Received 19 Mar 201813 Market Square, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AN
Received 28 May 2019Crosby Cottage, Ackenthwaite, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7DQ
Received 16 Jan 2023BALDWINHOLME, VICARAGE LANE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RS
Received 16 Jul 2018LAND NORTH OF THE RECTORY, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TJ
Received 12 Mar 2021Tinkers Mill BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS LA20 6BS
Received 26 Feb 2026Bridge End Garage, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EL
Received 20 Jul 2023Sedgwick House Sedgwick KENDAL LA8 0JX
Received 5 Dec 2024Smithy Cottage Blencow PENRITH CA11 0DB
Received 5 Mar 2025166 Valley Drive, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7SF
Received 31 Mar 2023Former Lonsdale House Hotel, 11 Daltongate, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7BD
Received 1 Feb 2023SITE WITHIN FORMER WALLED GARDEN AT HOME FARM, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RQ
Received 23 Jan 2018Greaves Wood, Abotts Way, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BP
Received 26 Feb 2020Kendal Town Hall, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4ED
Received 4 Dec 2020THE OLD RECTORY, DUFTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6DA
Received 24 Feb 2020LAUREL BANK, MOTHERBY, PENRITH, CA11 0RL
Received 8 Nov 2018Areas surrounding East View Pennington ULVERSTON LA12 0JP
Received 5 Feb 2025The Square Sandford APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6NR
Received 28 Jan 2026FORMER CARE HOME, PENRITH, CA11 8FZ
Received 11 Dec 2020The Green (Ex farm located at the junction of Green Lane and Rosthwaite Lane), Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JT
Received 9 Jul 2020LOW GREEN, GREAT MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DW
Received 5 Sept 201988 Oxenholme Road, KENDAL, LA9 7HQ
Received 17 Aug 2023'The Lots' Eden Mount, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DN
Received 10 Oct 2022SCALEHOUSE FARM, SCALEHOUSES, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JY
Received 23 Nov 2017Records 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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