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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0 approved · 0 refused · 896 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AF
Received 19 Oct 20181-2 THE BUNGALOW, INGLEWOOD BANK, PENRITH, CA11 8RZ
Received 15 Jun 2022ROAD HEAD FARM, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PB
Received 17 Jun 2021Knock Christian Centre Knock Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6DL
Received 24 Jul 2026High Spring Bank Farm, Spring Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6HA
Received 4 Jul 2019Land at Haggs Lane, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6HD
Received 24 Jan 2023BARN ADJ SADDLE HOUSE, BUSK, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1LA
Received 3 Feb 202068 High Cragg Close, KENDAL, LA9 6HN
Received 6 Nov 2019Cark Manor, Cark In Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PG
Received 9 Nov 2021PRIMROSE LODGE, ORTON ROAD, TEBAY, CUMBRIA, CA10 3TL
Received 21 Feb 2022The Beach House, Swinestead Lane, Baycliff, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RY
Received 12 Oct 2021Levens Hall, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 0PD
Received 15 Mar 2021Beckwood, Gatebeck Road, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0HH
Received 20 Jan 202025 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 30 Jan 2019Frazers Wood, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PJ
Received 29 Nov 20191 TARNSIDE, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QH
Received 16 Jun 20225 Bective Road Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2BG
Received 25 Jun 2025CLICKHAM FARM, CROFT ENDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JN
Received 27 Jun 201934 HOWARD PARK, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TU
Received 16 Jul 2018ORCHARD HOUSE, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UE
Received 13 Apr 2023Car park belonging to Cross Keys Hotel, Beetham Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QR
Received 23 Jul 2019ORCHARD HOUSE, MELLBECKS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AB
Received 23 Mar 2021Sunny Meade, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SP
Received 5 Dec 2018LINTON GHYLL, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PH
Received 27 Jun 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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