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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0 approved · 0 refused · 901 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Building at Crabtree Farm, Crabtree Lane, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PJ
Received 25 Feb 2019HIGH GARTH, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QA
Received 11 Apr 2023Tower View, Woodhouse Lane, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EW
Received 10 Nov 2021Broad Oaks Edenfold Bolton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6AL
Received 9 Apr 2025Cairncroft Ainstable CARLISLE CA4 9RP
Received 23 Aug 2024Little Seawood, Carter Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AS
Received 1 Sept 202014 CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JN
Received 3 Dec 2018HIGH COLLEGE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1DQ
Received 10 Jul 2023Thompson Fold Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PP
Received 12 Aug 2026BAINBRIDGE GATE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2HD
Received 22 Feb 201918 Sandgate PENRITH CA11 7TW
Received 6 Jun 20251 Elm Grove, Endmoor, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 0ET
Received 11 Apr 2022Cark Manor, Cark In Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PG
Received 30 Oct 2018Stonecross Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 5TB
Received 15 Sept 2022LUHAM FARM, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8TA
Received 24 Aug 2020Cotes Corner, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NX
Received 9 Dec 2019Sunnydale, Tram Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BQ
Received 25 Jan 2021Brunswick Square PENRITH CA11 7LL
Received 7 Sept 2026INGLE NEUK, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AJ
Received 22 Mar 2019Hollingarth Highfield Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JA
Received 16 Apr 2024THE STABLES, GREENENDS, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3NA
Received 21 Feb 2023Hill Farm, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7SS
Received 22 Sept 2016CLARGHYLL HEAD HOUSE, ALSTON, CA9 3NG
Received 4 Jan 2022ST MICHAELS CHURCH, CHURCH STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LA
Received 12 Oct 2023Records 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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