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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0 approved · 0 refused · 942 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SILVER HOWE HOLIDAY HOMES AND LODGE PARK, FLUSCO, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 0JB
Received 18 Mar 2022GLENDALE GUEST HOUSE, 4 PORTLAND PLACE, PENRITH, CA11 7QN
Received 26 Feb 2021BELLMOUNT FARM, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 18 Jun 201814 Parkhead Road ULVERSTON LA12 9NX
Received 13 Mar 2025Melville House Wordsworth Street PENRITH CA11 7QY
Received 30 Jul 2025Garden of Hopewell Cottage, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 29 Sept 2021THE COACH HOUSE, EDEN GATE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PL
Received 31 May 2022LAND AT OLD TOWN, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0BW
Received 23 Dec 2019Hycup House Station Road Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6TX
Received 16 Jan 202573 Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 4RZ
Received 3 Nov 201768A Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6BE
Received 23 Jul 2018FELL VIEW BUNGALOW, SANDFORD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NR
Received 15 Jun 2017HIGH CROFT, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TN
Received 10 Nov 2017Black Barn Yanwath Hall Farm Yanwath PENRITH CA10 2LF
Received 23 Apr 20267 Laikin View Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9QW
Received 15 Dec 2025Petterilbank Cottages Petteril Bank Southwaite CARLISLE CA4 0JJ
Received 3 Sept 2025KFC RESTAURANT, BRIDGE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8JB
Received 9 May 2017Mint House Shap Road KENDAL LA9 6NY
Received 4 Apr 2024Farleton View, 3 Leighton Beck Road, Slack Head, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AX
Received 16 Mar 2022Land adjacent Bridge House Land off Manorside Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JS
Received 15 Oct 2025Humblebee House, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Received 26 Aug 2022RAVENWOOD COTTAGE, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JL
Received 6 May 2021Blackberry Hill Leighton Beck Road Milnthorpe
Received 22 Jan 202435 Allithwaite Road Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JR
Received 27 Jan 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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