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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0 approved · 0 refused · 876 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Biggins Home Farm, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 1 Jun 2020Unit 4 Kirkby Lonsdale Business Park Kendal Road Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2GT
Received 21 Jun 2024Land North of Laurel Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 6FE
Received 29 Mar 2023BRYSONS BAKERY, 37 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QN
Received 2 Aug 201710 Mayfield Avenue Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1PT
Received 16 Jun 2026Grayrigg Hall, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BU
Received 5 Apr 2022Green Lane End Farm Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PP
Received 10 Jun 2025LAND AT RAISELANDS FARM, PENRITH, CA11 9NQ
Received 11 Aug 2022Sunny Cote Sunnyside KENDAL LA9 7DJ
Received 16 Jan 202622 Willow Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6AY
Received 9 Aug 20194 Bramble Close, KENDAL, LA9 6FF
Received 6 Apr 2021Brackenburgh Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9PW
Received 26 Feb 2025Homelands, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PN
Received 16 Dec 2020COATSGILL HILL, COATSGILL, EDENHALL, PENRITH
Received 8 Jul 2020Midtown Farm Melkinthorpe PENRITH CA10 2DR
Received 5 Dec 2025Land Opposite Sun Inn Cottage, Lady Moyra Incline, Beckside, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TQ
Received 16 Dec 2021LAND ADJ TO MEADOWSIDE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH
Received 11 Jul 2019PLOT 1 THE MAINS, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 13 Sept 2018Station Yard, Sandside Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HQ
Received 9 Oct 2023Brent House Fell Lane Penrith CA11 8AQ
Received 15 Dec 2025HOUSE FARM, GREAT MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DP
Received 19 Jan 2018Crowntrees,Briarfield Drive, New Barns Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BD
Received 19 Dec 2018Opposite Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service, Kendal Fire Station, Busher Walk, KENDAL, LA9 4RH
Received 6 May 202228 River Bank Road KENDAL LA9 5JS
Received 26 Nov 2025Records 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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