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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0 approved · 0 refused · 942 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Finkle Street KENDAL LA9 4AB
Received 21 Nov 20245 MOORSIDE, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LA
Received 12 Oct 2017St Mary's Parish Church, Boarbank Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7QR
Received 3 Dec 2018Blacksykes Farmhouse Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9PP
Received 4 Dec 2024LAND SOUTHWEST OF MILE LANE, REDHILLS, PENRITH, CA11 0DT
Received 17 Dec 2021EDEN VIEW, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9SL
Received 16 Jun 2021Swarthmoor Hall Road Springfield Road ULVERSTON LA12 0EH
Received 2 Dec 2025Cumbria Constabulary Police Headquarters Carleton Hall Carleton Avenue Penrith CA10 2AU
Received 5 Nov 20251 Victoria Court, Ford Park Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 7TS
Received 4 Jan 2021Land off Kendal Parks Road KENDAL LA9 7SN
Received 14 Aug 20251-29 Wellhead, Fountain Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EQ
Received 9 Mar 2020OMEGA PROTEINS PENRITH LTD, PROCESSING PLANT, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 16 Nov 20233 Brookside Cottages The Gill ULVERSTON LA12 7BN
Received 26 Jul 202410 FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3SE
Received 30 Apr 2021Valkyrie, 83 Church Street, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DZ
Received 24 Apr 2019EAST VIEW FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PT
Received 24 Jan 2018MIDDLESCEUGH HALL, SOUTHWAITE, CA4 0NN
Received 2 Jun 2020Green Bay, 18 Graythwaite Court, Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BN
Received 26 Apr 2019Eden Escapes Pinfold House Appleby Road KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4PG
Received 17 Jan 2024LAND SOUTH EAST OF TEMPLARS COURT, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SR
Received 21 Jul 20201 Firs Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QF
Received 27 Jan 20202 Woodheads, Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6AF
Received 2 Aug 2022THE BARN, MANOR HOUSE WYND, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HL
Received 9 Jul 2018Kit Crag Selside Kendal LA8 9EW
Received 18 Mar 2026Records 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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