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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,002 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to the South of Lumley Road, KENDAL
Received 4 Aug 20205 Castle Road, KENDAL, LA9 7AU
Received 14 May 2021High Tenement Farm Garnett Bridge Road Burneside KENDAL LA8 9AX
Received 17 Apr 202419 Horncop Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4SR
Received 1 Sept 201722a-22b Market Square KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4QT
Received 8 Jul 202410 Hayfell Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 7JL
Received 30 May 2019Roman Vale Back Lane Long Marton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6AQ
Received 19 Jan 2026Thornleigh Hotel, The Esplanade, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HH
Received 22 Jan 20205 Town Head Fold, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1SE
Received 14 Apr 2021Former Scrap Yard, Back Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EJ
Received 1 Sept 2022Land Southwest of Laithwaite Farm Bowston KENDAL LA8 9AF
Received 23 Jun 202635 Kentwood Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JX
Received 9 Sept 2019LAND NORTH PENNINE CLOSE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 18 Jul 20193 Briarwood, KENDAL, LA9 5DP
Received 10 Apr 2019LAND ADJACENT TO CROSS CROFT, OPPOSITE CHERRY CROFT, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HR
Received 7 Oct 2020Castle Hill Farm, Beckside, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NX
Received 17 Jul 2018Ivy House Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6JS
Received 4 Sept 20231 Dorchester Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LP
Received 24 Jan 20221 Caraway Close, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NF
Received 21 Jul 202374 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 20 Jan 2021SYKE SIDE FARM, SIKESIDE LANE, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PJ
Received 4 May 2023Coronation Hall County Square ULVERSTON LA12 7LZ
Received 21 Sept 2026Land Between Garth View and Old Park Catterlen PENRITH CA11 0BQ
Received 15 Apr 2025Middle Row Farm, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 18 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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