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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0 approved · 0 refused · 953 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Empsom Road, KENDAL, LA9 5PS
Received 2 Oct 2019ANDREW HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 0ES
Received 28 Mar 2023Owl Mews, Back Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EP
Received 30 Jun 202053 Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5QG
Received 6 Oct 2022LAND NORTH OF NEWBIGGIN ROAD, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UT
Received 15 Apr 201912 Ravenghyll Kirkoswald PENRITH CA10 1DQ
Received 21 May 20269 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AD
Received 16 Jun 2023LOW STREET HOUSE BARNS, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 0JD
Received 12 Jun 2017107 Station Road, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NY
Received 25 Mar 2021Units 4 and 4A Haweswater Road Penrith CA11 9EU
Received 4 Mar 2025JULIAN BOWER FARM, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AR
Received 17 Mar 2023Sellet Estate Stables and Stud, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 14 Feb 2019Field to the West of Ghyll End House, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TR
Received 24 May 2023Store Stoneshot KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4QU
Received 24 Jan 2024Land around and between Keld and Thrimby Grange Penrith
Received 25 Nov 2024Low Levens Farm, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EH
Received 23 Dec 2020Cross Beck Farm, Soutergate, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TX
Received 3 Feb 202169 Beech Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EU
Received 6 Jun 201752 Castle Grove, KENDAL, LA9 7AZ
Received 17 Jun 20206 Fell Foot Cottages, Farleton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PD
Received 29 Jul 2019TEMPLE SOWERBY VILLAGE GREEN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 21 Dec 2017ACHNAMARA, ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TX
Received 3 Apr 2019Mountbarrow Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SB
Received 6 Apr 202160 GLEBE ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RU
Received 6 Dec 2017Records 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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