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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0 approved · 0 refused · 942 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Center Parcs Whinfell Forest Penrith CA10 2DW
Received 18 Aug 2026Low Woodside Brougham Penrith CA10 2AP
Received 12 Jun 2025Pennine Park Rugby Club Westgarth Road Kirkby Stephen Cumbria CA17 4TF
Received 21 Nov 20236 Maychells Orchard Allithwaite Grange-over-sands Cumbria LA11 7PY
Received 2 Dec 2024Private track off Lindale Road B5277, GRANGE-over-SANDS, LA11 6QU
Received 9 Dec 20194 Thompson Fold, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PP
Received 17 May 2023Kings Head Queen Street ULVERSTON LA12 7AF
Received 14 Aug 202528 AND 29 ALBERT STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7XA
Received 24 May 2019WINTER TARN, NEWBY, CA10 3EW
Received 19 Feb 2021Land to the East of Pennington Lane Swarthmoor ULVERSTON LA12 0RT
Received 19 Dec 2025Old Pumphouse, Farleton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PB
Received 23 Nov 2022LAND BETWEEN SLAPESTONE VILLA AND HARESGILL, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EB
Received 14 Sept 202222 WETHERIGGS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8PE
Received 16 Aug 2021THRIMBY GRANGE, THRIMBY, PENRITH, CA10 3QH
Received 4 Jul 2018Borrans Field and Stable, Birkrigg, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PG
Received 7 Jun 2021LAND TO NORTH OF HACKTHORPE HALL, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HX
Received 16 Jan 2018RANBECK, KIRKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 1RN
Received 5 May 2021ESPLAND HILL FARM, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JR
Received 24 Jun 202021 Hawesmead Drive, KENDAL, LA9 5HD
Received 10 Feb 2020Viver Green, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NA
Received 26 Mar 20188 Stonecross Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HR
Received 26 Nov 2018Lupton Mill Lupton Carnforth LA6 2PW
Received 21 Feb 20253 Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 11 Aug 2021Duke Of Cumberland Inn, 1 Appleby Road, KENDAL, LA9 6ES
Received 9 Jan 2023Records 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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