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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0 approved · 0 refused · 948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Market Street, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JU
Received 13 Dec 2019Land south of Lumley Road, KENDAL
Received 10 Aug 2018O/S 48 Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HN
Received 11 Apr 2022Temple Bank, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 3 Mar 202257B Lightburn Avenue, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DL
Received 16 Dec 20197 Stonecross Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HR
Received 6 Oct 20173 Kents Bank Apartments,, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 12 Jul 2017STONECREST, GREYSTOKE GILL, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UQ
Received 15 Sept 2020LAND ADJACENT TO SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 29 Apr 2019Beech Tree Barn, Heversham Gardens, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RA
Received 30 Jul 2020GREYSTOKE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TU
Received 24 Apr 2020Grange Promenade, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DH
Received 5 Feb 2020Land to West of A595, Dove Bank, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XD
Received 16 Dec 202015 Cliff Terrace KENDAL LA9 4JR
Received 1 Jul 2024Former stable building located to the south east of Holker Hall Holker Cark-in-cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7PL
Received 8 Mar 2024Along Red Lane near Edge Hill Farm Mountbarrow Road ULVERSTON LA12 9SE
Received 24 Oct 20244 Old Chapel Lane, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8PX
Received 8 Sept 2017Hall Rigg Farm Plumpton PENRITH CA11 0JD
Received 29 Jun 2026Aynam Lodge, Bridge Street, KENDAL, LA9 7DD
Received 29 Sept 2023SUNNYSIDE, UNION LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9DJ
Received 23 Jul 2020Hawthorn Cottage, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EN
Received 14 Jul 2022WALNUT HOUSE, STAINTON, CA11 0ES
Received 19 Apr 2021Biggins Forge, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 15 Feb 2019BARRAS SIDE COTTAGE, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ET
Received 20 Sept 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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