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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0 approved · 0 refused · 998 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
4 Spital View KENDAL LA9 4NX
Received 26 Feb 2024Windy Harbour, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EU
Received 20 Jun 202325 Greenside, KENDAL, LA9 5DU
Received 27 Sept 2021DEVARRA (NEVARRA), MONKS CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 9JG
Received 22 Jan 2019Shepherds Hill Stricklandgate PENRITH CA11 7NJ
Received 3 Dec 2024Low Mansriggs, Ulverston, LA12 7PY
Received 30 May 2018GOW THORN, REAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3ER
Received 18 Jan 2018Oak Bank Southwaite CARLISLE CA4 0EW
Received 4 Mar 2024BECK HOUSE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PY
Received 3 Jun 2020FIELD AT WILLIAMSGILL, MILBURN ROAD, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SW
Received 8 Aug 2017Peel Oak New Barns Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0BB
Received 12 Sept 2025EDEN VALLEY MINERAL WATER COMPANY, ARMATHWAITE, PENRITH, CA4 9TU
Received 25 Jan 2018Opposite 98 Owlet Ash Fields Ackenthwaite MILNTHORPE LA7 7DR
Received 18 Nov 20246 Woodside Road Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0HQ
Received 20 Jan 2025Beckhead Cottage Shap Penrith CA10 3RA
Received 19 Jun 2025Broughton Beck House, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PH
Received 26 Jul 20181 Longmeadow Lane Natland KENDAL LA9 7QZ
Received 8 Sept 202522 CASTLE VIEW ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HH
Received 3 Mar 2017Electricity Sub Station Orton Penrith CA10 3SA
Received 7 Sept 2026Kendal Town Hall, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4DL
Received 11 Sept 2020Norden, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EG
Received 7 Jul 2017CHURCH VIEW COTTAGE, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JU
Received 3 Mar 2022Land off Greengate Crescent, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8QA
Received 28 Apr 2017BROOKSIDE COTTAGE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3NP
Received 22 Feb 2018Records 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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