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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0 approved · 0 refused · 942 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 26 Feb 2018Land West of Sockenber Farm Cottage Hoggs Lane Kings Meaburn PENRITH CA10 3BT
Received 21 Feb 2025AGLIONBY BARN, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 25 Nov 2022Land South East of Rose Bank Johnby PENRITH CA11 0UU
Received 22 Jan 2024The Conifers Parkside Road Kendal Cumbria LA9 7LG
Received 6 Jun 2024Low Levens Farm, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EH
Received 4 Jan 2021Nettleslack Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PN
Received 28 Oct 2019Sycamore Lodge, Pennington Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SE
Received 24 May 2022FIELD NORTH OF HELM BAR, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 26 Jun 2017Station Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QY
Received 3 Jul 2023Crandon, Sprint Holme, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6PT
Received 15 Mar 202140 Market Place KENDAL LA9 4TN
Received 22 Mar 2024IVY HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 23 Sept 2019Maidenhill Farm Salkeld Road Penrith CA11 8SQ
Received 25 Sept 2024CHURCH BROUGH VILLAGE GREEN, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EJ
Received 21 Oct 201974 Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LR
Received 17 Sept 201922 The Gill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BN
Received 18 Feb 202234 Sir John Barrow Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SZ
Received 8 Apr 20222 Tudor Gardens, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7SU
Received 4 May 2022Lakeland Leisure Park Moor Lane Flookburgh Grange-Over-Sands Cumbria LA11 7LT
Received 11 Sept 2024Unit 1 former Playmates Pre School Nursery, Captain French Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HX
Received 23 Apr 2021Tithe Barn, Barn Garth, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PP
Received 18 May 2021Cartmel Park, Wells House Farm, Ford Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PN
Received 8 Jul 201911 Greenbank Gardens, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RN
Received 3 Jun 2020Records 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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