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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,008 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 MONNINGTON WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8QJ
Received 3 Jan 20231 & 2 Thatchmoor Head Barns, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DQ
Received 17 Aug 2017HEATHER GLEN, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QQ
Received 9 Jul 2021Cheviot 13 Hillcrest Drive Slackhead MILNTHORPE LA7 7BB
Received 20 Feb 2026CRACKENTHORPE HALL, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AE
Received 6 Jun 2017Opposite 4 Castle Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7BQ
Received 31 Mar 2022Land Adjacent (east of) St Anthonys Close, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DT
Received 19 Dec 2022Scroggs Wood, Scroggs Lane, Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RH
Received 11 Dec 2018Gatebeck Business Park, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HS
Received 12 Aug 2022Land to the South of Riddings Lane Gleaston ULVERSTON LA12 0QJ
Received 26 Mar 2025Southwaite Motorway Services Area South Broadfield Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0NT
Received 18 Mar 2024Land Near Fell End, Hale Moss, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BP
Received 19 Nov 2019FIR BANK, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 14 Sept 2017Church Of England St Michaels Church Church Brough Brough CA17 4EJ
Received 15 Jun 2026LANTERN HOUSE, MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3HS
Received 6 Apr 2021PASTURE HOUSE QUARRY, UNTHANK, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1JB
Received 8 Sept 2016Farley Health Products Ltd, Lake District Business Park, Mint Bridge Road, KENDAL, LA9 6NL
Received 16 Mar 202314 SANDGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TN
Received 11 Dec 2019Stramongate Primary School Blackhall Road KENDAL LA9 4BT
Received 22 Oct 2025Land between Murton and Hilton Appleby-in-westmorland
Received 10 Oct 20255 THE STACK YARD, CRACKENTHORPE, CA16 6AB
Received 19 Apr 2021SHEARMAN HOUSE, BENSON ROW, PENRITH, CA11 7YW
Received 17 Jul 2018Land to the south of Deepthwaite Farm, Deepthwaite, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NQ
Received 25 Aug 202217 Thornleigh Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HQ
Received 5 Sept 2019Records 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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