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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0 approved · 0 refused · 953 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 - 26 Park Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AD
Received 4 May 20212 Turners Farm Cottages Hutton Roof CARNFORTH LA6 2PG
Received 11 Jun 2024The Farmhouse, Hollin Hall, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PT
Received 24 Jan 202043 - 45 Branthwaite Brow, KENDAL, LA9 4TX
Received 11 Sept 2023Field North of Hutton-In-The-Forest PENRITH
Received 12 May 2025Berendsen Shap Road Kendal Cumbria LA9 6DQ
Received 9 May 2024Castle Mills Business Park, Aynam Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DE
Received 28 Apr 2017Victoria Hall, Council Offices, Main Street, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 18 Jan 2022Dungarth, Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AT
Received 23 Mar 2021The Gathering 3 King Street Penrith CA11 7AR
Received 19 Aug 2026FIELD HEAD, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DH
Received 10 Feb 2022Maidenhill Farm Salkeld Road Penrith CA11 8SQ
Received 20 Sept 2024Depot on the south side of Parkside Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DU
Received 9 Jun 2016STRIPES FARM, WAITBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HQ
Received 21 Jan 202222 Killington Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7NY
Received 26 May 2017Leavy Farm Salter Lonning Millhouse Hesket Newmarket Wigton CA7 8HS
Received 5 Mar 2024SYKE SIDE FARM, SIKESIDE LANE, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PJ
Received 20 Apr 202341 Arthur Street Penrith CA11 7TT
Received 11 Mar 2026Stone Arthur, School Road, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TF
Received 2 Dec 2022Belle Vue, Mansergh, CARNFORTH, LA6 2EJ
Received 13 Jul 2021Land and buildings on the north side of Parkside Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DU
Received 9 Jun 2016THE GARTH, HIGHBANK HILL, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EZ
Received 16 Aug 20212 Alexander Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DE
Received 13 Aug 2020Land opposite 12 Fountain Brow, KENDAL, LA9 4NW
Received 19 Nov 2021Records 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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