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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0 approved · 0 refused · 916 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MOSS BANK LODGE PARK, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 4 Nov 2019BRENTWOOD, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 22 Aug 20223 Roman Road PENRITH CA11 8DZ
Received 7 Aug 2024LAND AT CARLETON, PENRITH, CA11 8TY
Received 1 Aug 2023Fairhavens Fell Close Oxenholme Kendal Cumbria LA9 7ES
Received 31 Oct 2024Land Off Pennington Lane Swarthmoor Ulverston Cumbria LA12 0RT
Received 4 Jan 2024Barn Garth House Barn Garth Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PP
Received 14 Jun 2024Greenfield House Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 1SD
Received 29 Aug 202523 Laurel Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 6FE
Received 23 Jul 2019Low Fell Lowther Street PENRITH CA11 7UW
Received 17 Jul 2026LAMBSCEUGH, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9PR
Received 12 Jul 202211 Church Walk KENDAL LA9 5AG
Received 29 Jan 2024BRIDGE END FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UZ
Received 15 Sept 2017HUDDLESCEUGH HALL FARM, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1LB
Received 7 Aug 2020High House Farm Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0LN
Received 27 Aug 2024Garden of Dalton House Burton Carnforth LA6 1NH
Received 12 Apr 2024Cartmel Primary School,, Aynsome Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PR
Received 8 Jan 2019R M Robinson, Mintsfeet Road South, KENDAL, LA9 6ND
Received 4 May 201817 Meadowside Close, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EJ
Received 8 Oct 2019STAFFORD HOUSE, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DN
Received 2 Nov 2022SKIRWITH HALL, SKIRWITH, CA10 1RH
Received 22 Feb 2021LAND AT AUGILL HOUSE, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DX
Received 11 Sept 2023FORMER THOMPSONS BOARD MILL, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NJ
Received 10 Mar 2021ESTHER HOW, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SQ
Received 12 Dec 2018Records 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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