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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0 approved · 0 refused · 951 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 HELBECK ROAD, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BH
Received 25 May 2023MAINS COTTAGE, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 4 Mar 2019St Annes Hospital Boroughgate Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6XQ
Received 28 Jun 2024Lythcoe House Kents Bank Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7EY
Received 6 Jul 202619 Underley Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5EU
Received 10 Nov 202168 Lingmoor Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7NU
Received 13 Jul 2020The Gables Fairbank Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2BD
Received 20 Dec 202454 Kentsford Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BB
Received 6 Jul 20266 Lyndhurst Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0EG
Received 20 Apr 20224 Beckside House, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NF
Received 16 Nov 2017Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HJ
Received 26 Sept 2019Birds Park Farm Sedbergh Road KENDAL LA9 6PB
Received 21 Jun 202434 Mint Street, KENDAL, LA9 6DS
Received 23 Mar 2018Land to the south-eastern side of Burneside, KENDAL
Received 16 Oct 202310 Woodland Road ULVERSTON LA12 0DX
Received 1 May 2025Galebars Waitby Kirkby Stephen CA17 4HE
Received 22 May 202422 Ruskin Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DB
Received 22 Dec 2017ALSTON TOWN HALL PUBLIC SPACE, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CUMBRIA, CA9 3RF
Received 21 Dec 2022WOODLAND AT MELMERBY HALL, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HB
Received 14 Jul 20231 Fairview, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HF
Received 24 Oct 2023Beckside Cottage, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SP
Received 26 Nov 2020MIRKBOOTHS, RAUGHTON HEAD, CARLISLE, CA5 7DT
Received 28 Mar 2019The Moorings, Canal Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EN
Received 20 Oct 2020Deerslet Burton CARNFORTH LA6 1JG
Received 5 Feb 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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