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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0 approved · 0 refused · 955 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
EDENHOLME BAKERY, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BG
Received 4 Apr 2018The Eddington Highgate KENDAL LA9 4HE
Received 12 Nov 20243 Stewart Close Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0ES
Received 18 Feb 2025Land to the North of Fairthorns Road, Adjacent access to Hallbank Farm, New Hutton, KENDAL
Received 18 Jul 20183 Collin Road KENDAL LA9 5HN
Received 13 Feb 202534 Burneside Road KENDAL LA9 4RL
Received 24 Sept 2024Land at southern edge and south western edge of Brown Robin nature reserve, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 9 Nov 2021Green Lane End Farm Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PP
Received 15 Jan 2024Clawthorpe Hall Business Centre, Clawthorpe, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NU
Received 5 Nov 2018LAND ADJACENT HARBERRY, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JL
Received 13 Jun 2019Land formerly associated with 3 Castle Garth KENDAL LA9 7AT
Received 22 Feb 2024Whitbarrow Village Whitbarrow Berrier PENRITH CA11 0XB
Received 1 Jun 202683 Stricklandgate KENDAL LA9 4RA
Received 12 Mar 2026Morecambe Villa Star Street ULVERSTON LA12 7BY
Received 12 Nov 2025Plumpton Cottage Farm, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SH
Received 15 Oct 20201 Cedar Grove, Kendal, LA9 5BL
Received 7 Jan 2021The Moorings Canal Foot ULVERSTON LA12 9EN
Received 23 Sept 2026Greenways, 25 Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 29 Jun 2021Ashlands, Church Walk, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7EW
Received 7 Nov 20223 Church Close, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8QE
Received 16 Oct 2018Bracken Bank, Singleton Park Road, KENDAL, LA9 6PD
Received 10 Aug 2020The Tannery, Tanpits Lane, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HZ
Received 1 Sept 20179 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AD
Received 10 Oct 2017HOLME LEA, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 15 Mar 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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