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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0 approved · 0 refused · 931 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
4 PATEGILL PARK, PENRITH, CA11 8JX
Received 15 Aug 20177 Greenbank Avenue, STORTH, LA7 7JP
Received 4 Jun 2018CROSSWAYS, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7SD
Received 10 Oct 202153 Natland Road KENDAL LA9 7LR
Received 19 Sept 202515 Dragley Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 0HD
Received 17 Feb 2021Former Kendal RUFC (now Sainsburys), Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DL
Received 22 Jun 2018Fishermount, 2 Beast Banks, KENDAL, LA9 4JW
Received 12 Apr 2021NEWBY END, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 6 Jul 202310 SALKELD ROAD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1ND
Received 31 Jan 201940 Kentsford Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AP
Received 29 Jun 2026Cark Hall Cottage, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NS
Received 7 Nov 20173 GRAYSON DRIVE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NY
Received 13 Apr 2021Borrans Field and Stable, Birkrigg, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PG
Received 28 Mar 2022THE BUNGALOW, GARAGE/WORKSHOP, DOOMGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RB
Received 23 Jan 2019OLD COTTAGE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NX
Received 21 Jul 2021LAND OFF GREENBANK ROAD, EDEN BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 15 Sept 2023Brantfield, Queens Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PH
Received 5 Oct 20211 Barnes Green Great Salkeld PENRITH CA11 9LU
Received 3 Jun 20245 Curlew Cottage High Tenterfell KENDAL LA9 4PG
Received 9 May 2024Land Southeast of Road Head Farm Winskill Penrith CA10 1PB
Received 23 Feb 2026Land at Carleton Hall Farm Carleton Avenue PENRITH CA11 8RQ
Received 17 Apr 2024Natland Mill Beck Farm, Natland Mill Beck Lane, KENDAL
Received 3 Apr 20181, JUBILEE LODGE BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7SQ
Received 21 Sept 202210 WETHERIGGS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8PD
Received 4 Sept 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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