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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,009 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hard Crag House, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SR
Received 28 Jun 2017TOWN END FARM, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HY
Received 13 Oct 2022ROOKCROFT, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 29 May 2020Land around and between Reagill, Kings Meaburn and Newby PENRITH
Received 25 Nov 2024GREENRIGGS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4TA
Received 6 Jul 2020Land adjacent to North Lodge, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NP
Received 13 Jul 2023Kirkby Lonsdale Telephone Exchange, Robraine, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DF
Received 15 May 2018Two Lions Great Dockray PENRITH CA11 7FX
Received 4 Sept 2024FIELD 3705 AT BIRKS HEAD FARM, BLEATARN, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PX
Received 11 Apr 2022Craigroy, Pennington, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JL
Received 22 Apr 202112 Chittery Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DP
Received 15 Dec 20213 The Paddocks, Pennington Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SE
Received 4 May 2021PANCAKE HOUSE CENTER PARCS, WHINFELL FOREST VILLAGE, WHINFELL, PENRITH, CA10 2DW
Received 22 Oct 201915 Meadowside Close Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0EJ
Received 10 Jul 20241 2 & 3 Brown Robin, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EU
Received 3 Oct 2018THE SWALLOWS, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DF
Received 11 Dec 2017GLEBE HOUSE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 9 Jul 2018THORPE GRANGE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HT
Received 26 Apr 2022CHURCH FARM, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 16 Sept 2022LAND OFF NEWTON ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 0DX
Received 26 Aug 2016Cross Beck Farm, Soutergate, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TX
Received 10 Mar 20239 Mowing's Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DB
Received 16 Nov 2016The Coach House, Crooklands Farm, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NW
Received 31 May 2019Pennington Parish War Memorial Cross, ULVERSTON
Received 4 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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