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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0 approved · 0 refused · 926 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Crescent Green, KENDAL, LA9 6DR
Received 17 Apr 2023Crosby House, Ackenthwaite, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FL
Received 2 Jul 2021Hale House Kirkby Thore PENRITH CA10 1XS
Received 26 Apr 2024YEW TREE HOUSE, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JF
Received 26 Sept 2023THE VILLAGE GREEN, GARRIGILL, ALSTON
Received 7 Jan 20211 The Arches Victoria Road Penrith CA11 8HR
Received 27 Nov 2023Town Hall, Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 23 Jan 201911 Green Bank, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HA
Received 7 Sept 2020Station House, Lowgill, KENDAL, LA8 0BL
Received 24 Jan 20221 Inglemere Close, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AP
Received 17 Mar 20212 Church Trees, Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6AN
Received 6 Aug 2021THE LABS, SKIRSGILL LANE, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BQ
Received 20 Apr 2022LAND ADJ PINFOLD CLOSE, SKELTON, PENRITH
Received 14 May 202148 Central Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9JN
Received 21 Dec 2018Warcop Parish Hall WARCOP CA16 6NX
Received 13 Jan 2025The Old Brewery, Brewery Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HU
Received 30 Jul 2021CROFT HEAD, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0QE
Received 15 Feb 20183 Uplin Crescent, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RR
Received 5 Jul 2021Kendal Town Hall, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4DL
Received 30 Jul 2020Scroggs Wood Scroggs Lane Kendal LA9 5RH
Received 27 Feb 2026PINFOLD, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 28 Oct 2022133 Helmside Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7HD
Received 5 Sept 2018SPROAT GHYLL, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SA
Received 15 Dec 2022Land South West of Bank Top Lazonby Penrith
Received 29 Jan 2024Records 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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