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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,002 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nichol Ridge, 38 Black Dyke Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HL
Received 10 Jan 2022APPLEGARTH NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 21 Jun 2017Land west of Mill Lane, Gleaston Castle Farm, Gleaston, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QH
Received 1 Nov 2022Hillside A65 Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0ET
Received 2 Jul 2024Holgates Caravan Park Middlebarrow Plain, Cove Road, Silverdale, CARNFORTH, LA5 0SH
Received 3 May 2019Morton House Morton Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9PZ
Received 27 Jul 202635 Kentwood Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JX
Received 13 Aug 2018Chestnut Cottage, Cowan Head, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9HQ
Received 9 Oct 2018Beach Arbour Redhills Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AX
Received 30 Jun 2026Sim Gill Farm, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BY
Received 17 Jan 2018Windy Hill Farm, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AQ
Received 10 Apr 2017Travelodge - Unit 18K, Riverside Place, Lound Road, KENDAL, LA9 7FH
Received 28 Oct 2019GREYSTONE, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JF
Received 2 Jul 2019BARN ADJ TO BUSKRIGG, BUSK, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1LA
Received 22 Feb 2019MEADOW ING FARM, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 6 Sept 2022Kirkhead Tower (Kirkhead Summer House), South Side, Kirkhead Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS
Received 3 Aug 201853 Laurel Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 6FE
Received 7 Feb 2017Munton House, Laundry Hill, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7HB
Received 26 Mar 2018HIGH OAKS FARM, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QZ
Received 14 Mar 2023Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SH
Received 11 Jul 20185 Oversands, The Esplanade, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7HH
Received 22 Oct 2018TOWN END FARM, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HY
Received 2 Sept 2019LAND BEHIND HUNTER HALL FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 2 Land North of Biggins Hall High Biggins CARNFORTH LA6 2NP
Received 21 Oct 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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