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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0 approved · 0 refused · 956 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beech House, Main Street, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6AB
Received 30 Jun 2020LAND NORTH WEST OF THE B6260, HOFF, APPLEBY
Received 6 Oct 2023THE SAWMILL, CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HX
Received 7 Dec 2020Unit 9 & 10 Westmorland Business Park, Gilthwaiterigg Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6NS
Received 27 Aug 2020PARK HOLME, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BX
Received 12 May 2017SEFTON VILLA, SLEAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3HD
Received 27 Mar 202014 Brockley Moor Plumpton Penrith CA11 9NT
Received 24 Jun 2025LAND TO REAR OF STAYNE GARTH, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 23 Feb 2017Car Park Marks & Spencer Library Road KENDAL LA9 4QB
Received 19 Dec 202451 King Street, Penrith, CA11 7AY
Received 24 Jun 2019Brookside, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QU
Received 27 Oct 2023Newton Rigg Campus Newton Rigg PENRITH CA11 0AH
Received 27 Aug 202438 Trinkeld Avenue Swarthmoor ULVERSTON LA12 0XB
Received 22 Jul 2025Scout Headquarters, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 25 Feb 2021Wood End Farm, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 2 Feb 2017The Homestead, Carr Bank Road, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LE
Received 29 Jun 202230 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QW
Received 13 Nov 2019PEASELANDS, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3DD
Received 29 Aug 201915 Curson Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7PN
Received 6 Oct 2021Brook House, Cavendish Street, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QA
Received 19 Apr 20211 Kentmere Brow, KENDAL, LA9 6JS
Received 31 Oct 2022Land by Whitbarrow Farm Whitbarrow Penruddock Penrith CA11 0XB
Received 2 Jun 20266 The Drive ULVERSTON LA12 0DT
Received 4 Sept 2026Ashleigh, Ashmount Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BX
Received 24 Nov 2020Records 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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