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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0 approved · 0 refused · 929 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outside 10 Quebec Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 9AB
Received 2 Mar 20237 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AD
Received 23 May 2018Low Barn Flakebridge Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6JZ
Received 6 Jun 2024Rest Harrow Great Salkeld PENRITH CA11 9LW
Received 16 Aug 2024INGLESIDE, BEACON STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UA
Received 16 Nov 202350 Larch Grove, KENDAL, LA9 6AU
Received 1 Feb 2021Cumbria County Council, , BRUNSWICK SCHOOL, BRUNSWICK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7LX
Received 22 May 2019HOPLAND HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 10 Feb 2023BLUEBERRYS MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3QN
Received 14 Sept 2021Unit 14A Gatebeck Business Park, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HW
Received 24 Aug 2018Powleys Farm Salkeld Road Langwathby Penrith CA10 1ND
Received 22 Mar 2024Charney Apartments, Charney Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BP
Received 24 Aug 2023Ivy Cottage Winskill Penrith CA10 1PD
Received 12 Mar 2026Former Scrap Yard, Back Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EJ
Received 12 Apr 2021Byer at Birdby Farmhouse Cliburn Penrith CA10 3AW
Received 24 Apr 202632 BRENTFIELD WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8DL
Received 27 Jul 2017Hall More Farm, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BP
Received 1 Nov 20221 Mitchelgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BE
Received 16 May 2022IVY HOUSE, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JS
Received 21 Oct 202127 Kirkstone Close, KENDAL, LA9 7HU
Received 11 Mar 201962 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PD
Received 24 Jul 2017The Pastures Lodge Park, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 28 Nov 2018Aikrigg Farm, Parkside Road, KENDAL, LA9 7BL
Received 23 Aug 2021HAUSE FARM, HARDENDALE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3RA
Received 9 Sept 2021Records 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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