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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0 approved · 0 refused · 876 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Riverside Hotel Beezon Road KENDAL LA9 6FS
Received 4 Jan 2024FRESHFIELDS, COLBY LANE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CUMBRIA, CA16 6RH
Received 25 May 2023Whinfell, Station Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QY
Received 11 Jun 2019Broadpot Hill Potters Loaning ALSTON CA9 3AD
Received 20 May 2024Wells House Caravan Site Wells House Farm Ford Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PN
Received 22 Jul 2026Wood End Farm, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 27 Sept 2022Ford Park House, Ford Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JP
Received 29 Apr 2021LAND TO THE REAR OF ELSEGHYLL COTTAGE, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HN
Received 16 Jan 2018Brown Robin Lindale Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EU
Received 14 May 2026Land to rear of Units 1 and 5 Hackthorpe Hall Hackthorpe Penrith CA10 2HX
Received 30 May 2024HARD ING, SLEAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3HD
Received 29 Apr 20193 Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 16 Mar 2020Enerigg House Aynsome Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PS
Received 28 Apr 2025Sawmill Cottage Milburn Road Newbiggin Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 1TA
Received 13 Jun 2025Coalgate Cottage, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BP
Received 7 Jan 2022THE OLD NATIONAL SCHOOL, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JQ
Received 27 Sept 2018WAYSIDE COTTAGE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HS
Received 22 Sept 20231 PARK ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UF
Received 29 Jan 2019LAND NORTH OF EDEN BUSINESS PARK, COWPER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9FW
Received 7 Sept 2022THE OLD SCHOOL YARD, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3TP
Received 11 Nov 2021WOOD HEAD, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8TD
Received 19 Jan 202260 Low Fellside KENDAL LA9 4NZ
Received 11 Apr 2024Chestnut Barn Gamblesby PENRITH CA10 1JA
Received 1 Feb 202425 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AH
Received 11 Jul 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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