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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0 approved · 0 refused · 956 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HIGH FIELD, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2LG
Received 3 Aug 2020Crosscrake Farm, Stainton, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 0LE
Received 7 Mar 2023Whinthwaite House, Brigsteer Road, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NU
Received 31 Oct 2022ROBINSFIELD, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SR
Received 25 Sept 20182 Fletcher Drive KENDAL LA9 7DL
Received 10 Dec 2025Helm Grove, Burton Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7EP
Received 20 Sept 2017Land known as Plot 4, Leighton Beck Road, Slack Head, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AX
Received 18 Oct 2021Blawith Lodge, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EG
Received 3 Sept 20216 Woodland Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DX
Received 21 Jun 2018WEST VIEW FARM, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DS
Received 5 Nov 202113 Church Walk ULVERSTON LA12 7EN
Received 23 Mar 2026VALLEY VIEW, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3NA
Received 9 Aug 201854 Kentsford Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 1 Feb 201818 Scattergate Green APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6SP
Received 19 Feb 2025Eccle Riggs Cottage Eccle Riggs Lane BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS LA20 6BW
Received 3 Aug 2026Ladthwaite KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4JF
Received 28 Jun 2024Go Outdoors, , ALTHAM HOUSE, HAWESWATER ROAD, PENRITH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9FJ
Received 10 May 2023Rear of Sunnyside, Woodhouse Lane, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EW
Received 4 Jul 2023Field to the east of Moorhouse Farm, Scales, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PF
Received 23 Aug 20194 DRAWBRIGGS MOUNT, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HL
Received 7 May 2019Bridgelands Cottage, Station Road, Cark in Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7NY
Received 11 Sept 2018106 Bellingham Road Kendal LA9 5JU
Received 6 Jul 202617 BROUGHAM HALL GARDENS, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DB
Received 18 Nov 20179 Morewood Drive Burton-In-Kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1NE
Received 30 Apr 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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