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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0 approved · 0 refused · 860 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE ALPACA CENTRE LIMITED, SNUFF MILL LANE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0HA
Received 17 Jan 201836 Woolpack Yard, Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4NG
Received 20 Feb 2020BRITISH GYPSUM LTD, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XU
Received 28 Jan 2021TOWNHEAD FARM HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 6 Jul 201810 PARK CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 8ND
Received 8 Sept 2020SHEEP RIGGS, ALSTON, CA9 3BD
Received 5 Dec 2022Booths Supermarkets Oubas Hill ULVERSTON LA12 7LY
Received 18 Sept 2026Land Southwest of Rockholme Penruddock Penrith CA11 0SF
Received 16 Sept 2025HILL COTTAGE, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 13 Jul 202220 Ulverston Road, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JB
Received 18 Jun 2019Unit 1 And 1a Milestone House Business Park PENRITH CA11 9NQ
Received 21 Feb 20255 Sandath Gardens Fell Lane Penrith CA11 8BG
Received 8 Sept 2026Land at Raiselands Farm Scotland Road Penrith CA11 9JW
Received 21 Mar 2024194 Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EB
Received 12 Nov 201811 Woodlands Close, STORTH, LA7 7JH
Received 5 Jul 2018Keld Farm Keld Lane Keld Penrith CA10 3QF
Received 5 Jul 2024THE HARRAS, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9RJ
Received 14 Jan 2021WINTER TARN, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EW
Received 22 Feb 2021AST Signs Ltd Box House Greenbank Road Eden Business Park PENRITH CA11 9FB
Received 19 Apr 2024Shaws Wiend Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6RQ
Received 16 Oct 20258 Woodland Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DX
Received 16 Nov 2021Little Garth, 41 Carter Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AG
Received 15 Feb 2019SOULBY GRANGE, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PL
Received 4 Jan 2023ALSTON HOUSE HOTEL TOWNFOOT, ALSTON, CA9 3RN
Received 20 Oct 2022Records 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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