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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0 approved · 0 refused · 993 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Upper Rawcroft Arthur Street Penrith CA11 7TU
Received 15 Dec 2025GARTH VILLA, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 6 Jan 2017CAROLINE COTTAGE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 8BN
Received 18 Nov 2020The Bristly Hog, 69 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4LT
Received 31 May 20186 Bellingham Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JW
Received 30 Jun 2023ORCHARD HOUSE, THE GREEN, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RG
Received 27 Feb 2020TOWNHEAD HOUSE, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 24 May 2023Land to east of Greengate Crescent, Levens, KENDAL
Received 15 Sept 201659 Musgrave Street PENRITH CA11 9AS
Received 21 Feb 2024Moss Head, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AL
Received 20 Jan 20201 Spital Park KENDAL LA9 6HG
Received 5 Aug 20269 Lune Close, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DA
Received 21 Feb 2023BARN ADJOINING PROSPECT VIEW, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BU
Received 24 Mar 2017LAND NORTH OF MILE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 10 Sept 20212 SWINBURN COTTAGES, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TE
Received 6 Mar 2020UNIT 1 JOINERS CLOSE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HU
Received 5 Mar 20194 Birchwood Close KENDAL LA9 5BJ
Received 6 Jul 2026Northbank Beacon Street Penrith CA11 7UA
Received 5 Jan 2026The Miles Thompson, Allhallows Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4JH
Received 27 Oct 2023ALSTON TOWN HALL ANNEXE, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3RF
Received 12 Jan 2018WEST VIEW, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 5 Jul 202227 Edgecombe Court, KENDAL, LA9 4HH
Received 26 Oct 2022Land off Inglewood Road PENRITH
Received 16 Sept 2025The Coach House, Heversham Gardens, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RA
Received 2 Oct 2023Records 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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