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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0 approved · 0 refused · 998 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wood Haven, Carr Bank Road, STORTH, LA7 7LB
Received 30 Mar 2017Former Kendal RUFC (now Sainsburys), Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DL
Received 12 Jun 2018CRACKENTHORPE HALL, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AE
Received 25 Apr 201642 BURROWGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TA
Received 24 Jun 20222 Mount Eden, Eden Mount, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BZ
Received 8 Oct 202096 Helmside Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7HD
Received 20 Jan 2017Unit 2, Mintsfeet Road South, KENDAL, LA9 6ND
Received 25 Oct 2022Westmorland General Hospital, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7RG
Received 29 Jan 2021LAND ADJ ROSE GARTH OPP WHITE GATE CARAVAN PARK, MILBURN ROAD, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 11 Sept 2017Deveron, High Knott Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AW
Received 4 Dec 2020Nutwood Medical Practice, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DJ
Received 28 Jan 20227 Mitchelgate Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth LA6 2BE
Received 21 Sept 2026Land north of Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH
Received 8 Feb 2019Whinfield Farm Lindal ULVERSTON LA12 0LE
Received 18 Dec 2023Pye Motors, Mint Bridge Road, KENDAL, LA9 6NF
Received 20 Mar 2019Bowston Weir, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HG
Received 20 May 2022POPLIN DUB, JOHNBY, CA11 0UT
Received 10 Jan 2017Walker School Outdoor Pursuits Centre Hutton Roof CARNFORTH LA6 2PH
Received 10 Mar 2026Furnace Cottage, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 13 Dec 2019Land North East of Scalehouses Renwick Penrith
Received 14 Apr 2025Lakeland Wildlife Oasis, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FE
Received 15 Nov 2022HADDERDALE, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ES
Received 16 Jan 201850 Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PT
Received 28 Apr 2021Appletree Cottage Burrells Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6EE
Received 21 Mar 2024Records 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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