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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.
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 877 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Croft Field Farm Ulverston Road Gleaston ULVERSTON LA12 0PZ
Received 3 Aug 2026High Park Cottage, Oxenholme, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7RE
Received 14 Jul 20234 Oxenholme Cottages ULVERSTON LA12 9QB
Received 27 Dec 2023APPLETHWAITE, CULGAITH ROAD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NA
Received 16 Feb 2021Holme Meadow Moss Lane Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1RH
Received 9 Aug 2024Maudlands, Maude Street, KENDAL, LA9 4QD
Received 27 Sept 2018Monks Rest 12 Cart Lane GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AB
Received 5 Jun 202562 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BD
Received 27 Nov 2020MIRKBOOTHS, RAUGHTON HEAD, DALSTON, CARLISLE, CA5 7DT
Received 22 May 2020Unit 6 Dockray Hall Industrial Estate, Dockray Hall Road, KENDAL, LA9 4RU
Received 13 Jun 2019Grey Rock, 10 Silverdale Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AG
Received 14 Mar 20182 Blackthorn Gardens, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DA
Received 25 Apr 2022Land to the north of Goose Green Cottages Preston Patrick MILNTHORPE LA7 7PA
Received 21 Nov 2024NORTH OF THE OLD MANOR, ALSTON, CA9 3JY
Received 28 Apr 2022Sea Cottage Canal Foot ULVERSTON LA12 9EN
Received 3 Oct 2025PENNINE VIEW, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EF
Received 17 Dec 2020Lynboro, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6JT
Received 27 Apr 2020Warcop C Of E School Warcop Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6NX
Received 29 Apr 2026Moorland Cottage, School Road, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TF
Received 12 Oct 2022Rear of 3 Low Pastures Lowgate Levens KENDAL LA8 8QH
Received 17 Sept 2026THE BRIDGE, WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 8 Feb 2022Eden Valley Mineral Water Company Armathwaite CARLISLE CA4 9TU
Received 13 Aug 20243 Old Hall Drive, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7DG
Received 19 Apr 2023CRAYSIDE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TJ
Received 14 Dec 2017Records 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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