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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,003 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sewborwens Farm Newton Rigg Penrith CA11 0AG
Received 7 Mar 2025Land to the north of farm buildings, High Gateside Farm, Beckside, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SN
Received 8 Dec 2017Land off Park View Lane Alston CA9 3TW
Received 16 Feb 2026NUTWOOD CARAVAN, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 15 Jan 2019Land at Raiselands Farm Penrith CA11 9JW
Received 1 May 2024Larchbank Burneside KENDAL LA8 9AY
Received 19 Jun 20244 COLDSPRINGS COURT, PENRITH, CA11 8EX
Received 20 Apr 2022LAND ADJACENT IVY HOUSE, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 12 Jul 2018Land south & east of Milnthorpe Beetham Road MILNTHORPE LA7
Received 14 Oct 2024Willow Tree Cottage Burrells Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6EG
Received 16 Jan 2026Green Close Cottage, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BT
Received 17 Jan 202228 Church Street, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DX
Received 11 May 202027 Westhills Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NW
Received 17 Oct 201830 Beechnut Road, Kendal, LA9 7FF
Received 17 May 2017Oak Mount, 16 Redhills Road, ARNSIDE, LA5 0AT
Received 24 Jan 20191 and 2 High Moss Cottages Brougham PENRITH CA10 2AR
Received 29 May 20253 HELBECK ROAD, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BH
Received 19 Feb 2020Land near Mayfield Fair view Broughton Beck ULVERSTON LA12 7PG
Received 19 Jun 2024LAND OPPOSITE IVY HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH
Received 24 Jan 20172 Low Garth KENDAL LA9 5NZ
Received 22 Apr 2025Land at A6 and B5305 Bowscar PENRITH CA11 8RP
Received 10 Aug 202663 St James Drive, BURTON-IN-KENDAL, Cumbria, LA6 1HY
Received 21 Mar 2023TEMPLE SOWERBY VILLAGE GREEN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, CA10 1SB
Received 11 Nov 2020AGRICOLA HOUSE, COWPER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9BN
Received 6 Jul 2022Records 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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