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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0 approved · 0 refused · 876 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Skewbarrow Cottage High Tenterfell Kendal LA9 4PQ
Received 22 Sept 2026ANDREW HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 9 Feb 2023Fir Tree House Sebergham Carlisle CA5 7DX
Received 23 Jun 2025Stonecross Gardens KENDAL LA9 5TB
Received 29 Apr 202610 Hardknott Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 7HS
Received 2 Oct 202310 Cumberland Close Clifton PENRITH CA10 2EN
Received 31 Jul 202628 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QW
Received 10 Jan 2022Brockbank Ground BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS LA20 6BS
Received 21 Jul 20252 THE PADDOCK 2 CHURCH VIEW, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LX
Received 1 Nov 2023ROSE COTTAGE, STATION ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3HZ
Received 19 Jul 202123 Priory Crescent GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BL
Received 13 Mar 2026Town Head Farm Unthank Skelton PENRITH CA11 9TG
Received 8 May 2026Land adjacent to The Mains Stainton Penrith CA11 0DZ
Received 18 Jul 2025Dendron Farm, Dendron, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0QN
Received 17 Jun 20223 Low Beckside, Beckside, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7TG
Received 16 Apr 2018BARN ADJ TO JOHNSTONE FARM, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 19 Jul 2019PLOT 8 KITCHEN GARDENS, PENRITH, CA11 9GS
Received 5 Jul 201925 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4LY
Received 12 Aug 2019BARN ADJACENT THE COUNTING HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 24 Sept 2018CHADWELL HOUSE, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 22 Jun 2021Ground And First Floor Post Office County Square ULVERSTON LA12 7AA
Received 21 Aug 2024LAND ADJ MEG BANK, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 11 Jul 2019THE BARN MIDLAND HOUSE, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JL
Received 22 Jan 202015 Green Bank Ulverston Cumbria LA12 7HA
Received 10 Dec 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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