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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0 approved · 0 refused · 945 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Fountain Brow KENDAL LA9 4NW
Received 6 Mar 2023Brantholme, Mount Pleasant, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0EW
Received 11 Aug 2022Blawith House Lindale Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EL
Received 28 Sept 2026THORNBARROW FARM, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BL
Received 20 Oct 2022Petterill Bank, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PJ
Received 22 Dec 2022ID 53 & 54 1 Vicarage Lane & Friars Garth, 2 Highcroft Drive Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QL
Received 23 Dec 2024WAYSIDE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY, CA16 6AF
Received 1 Apr 2019THE OLD LODGE, BROADFIELD, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LR
Received 4 Jul 202234 COOPERS CLOSE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0JD
Received 28 Sept 202015 Greengate Lane, KENDAL, LA9 5LL
Received 7 Jun 2021Montigny, Jack Hill, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QB
Received 5 May 2022Land at the access lane near High Jenkincrag, Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6PB
Received 30 Mar 202211 Gawith Place, KENDAL, LA9 4EA
Received 12 May 202322 Hawthorn Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 6FG
Received 23 Aug 2017Barn behind 22 Market Street, FLOOKBURGH, Cumbria, LA11 7JU
Received 8 Dec 2022Land South West of School House, Whinfell, KENDAL, LA8 9EQ
Received 12 Apr 20221-2 EDEN VIEW COTTAGES, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XQ
Received 26 May 2022Castle Mills Business Park, Aynam Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DE
Received 24 Sept 201915 Wansfell Drive KENDAL LA9 7JF
Received 13 Mar 2024Center Parcs Whinfell Forest Village Whinfell PENRITH CA10 2DW
Received 16 Mar 202612 Greenside, KENDAL, LA9 4LD
Received 23 Oct 2023Tanjong Cottage Church Brough Kirkby Stephen CA17 4EJ
Received 19 Feb 2025118-120 Highgate Kendal LA9 4HE
Received 17 Feb 2026CROSSRIGG FARM, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AW
Received 26 Jun 2019Records 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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