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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0 approved · 0 refused · 847 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Low Sizergh Farm, Sizergh, KENDAL, LA8 8AE
Received 1 Mar 202137-39 Highgate KENDAL LA9 4ED
Received 12 Jun 2025Swarthmoor Hall Wood, Springfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EH
Received 1 Nov 2019Priory Park House ULVERSTON LA12 9QG
Received 15 Nov 202410 SANDGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TN
Received 29 Mar 2021The Nunnery Staffield PENRITH CA10 1EU
Received 4 Nov 2025HIGH HEAD CASTLE FARM, IVEGILL, CA4 0PJ
Received 20 May 2019Levens Hall, KENDAL, LA8 0PD
Received 10 Feb 20232 Ainsworth Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EU
Received 12 Nov 2019GILLWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH
Received 18 Jun 2020Land Adjacent to River Kent New Road Common (Reach F3) KENDAL LA9
Received 21 Mar 2025BIRKSHEAD MINE, BETWEEN KNOCK AND LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DT
Received 4 May 20221 MUSGRAVE TERRACE, SMITHY TERRACE, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AA
Received 1 Aug 2023Low Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4NH
Received 2 Oct 2018Kings Head, 14 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 19 Jul 20191 SUNNYSIDE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PH
Received 25 Apr 2018Eden House Edenhall Penrith CA11 8SX
Received 9 Jul 2026Public Conveniences, The Gill, ULVERSTON
Received 15 Sept 2020MILL HOUSE, BLACK BULL LANE, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DU
Received 18 Jun 2018South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, KENDAL, LA9 4UF
Received 21 Oct 2021LAND NORTH OF THE LAURELS, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 9 Nov 202173 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PD
Received 1 Nov 20183 Broughton Park, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6HB
Received 27 Nov 2020Haven Netherleigh Drive GRANGE-OVER-SANDS Cumbria LA11 7JQ
Received 21 Feb 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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