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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0 approved · 0 refused · 893 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BRUNSWICK SQUARE GARDENS, PENRITH, CA11 7LL
Received 7 Dec 202014 Anchorite Road, KENDAL, LA9 5NQ
Received 21 Apr 20211 Bankfield Garden KENDAL LA9 5DX
Received 8 Oct 2024METHODIST CHURCH, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PF
Received 9 Mar 2018Land off Tanpits Lane, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH
Received 14 May 2018Lower Flat Holme Lyon Main Road Burneside KENDAL LA9 6QX
Received 23 Apr 2025FORMER CARE HOME, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 8BN
Received 29 Oct 201970 Sedbergh Road KENDAL LA9 6BE
Received 8 Feb 2024Oldfield Barn, Docker, KENDAL, LA8 9BJ
Received 15 Nov 2021LAND BETWEEN MELROSE COTTAGE AND GRETA COTTAGE, LAND BETWEEN GAYTHORN AND WEST VIEW, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 21 Dec 202139 Holme Riggs Avenue Penrith CA11 8NL
Received 1 Jul 2024Porsche Centre, Longpool, KENDAL, LA9 6BX
Received 28 Nov 20224 Helme Chase Gardens KENDAL LA9 7HT
Received 13 Mar 2025WEST VIEW FARM, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DS
Received 8 Nov 202365 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4PD
Received 12 Dec 2022GLEN EDEN, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BL
Received 18 Aug 2021W F Wilkin And Sons, Station Approach, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PT
Received 17 Apr 2023OMEGA PROTEINS, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 18 Mar 2019WAYSIDE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 8 Jun 2023LAND NEAR MILL GATE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 29 Nov 2017LAND ADJACENT TO SALKELD ROAD, FAIRHILL, PENRITH
Received 21 Dec 2018GREEN LEA, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LB
Received 28 Apr 202033 BARCO AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 8LX
Received 14 Mar 2022Newbiggin Farm, Newbiggin, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PL
Received 17 Nov 2020Records 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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