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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,010 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND OFF CROSS CROFT / BACK LANE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND
Received 30 Mar 2015PUMP HOUSE, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9RH
Received 18 Jan 20189 Rivington Park Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6HU
Received 1 Dec 20231 Lingmoor Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7NP
Received 29 Nov 2017Land Near Dove Bank Grizebeck Kirkby-In-Furness
Received 17 Jan 20241 Kent Bank, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HD
Received 14 Feb 2018Land at Belmont Brow, Kendal, LA9 4LH
Received 8 Feb 2017BERRYMOOR FARM, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EZ
Received 9 Dec 2022HILL CREST, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BJ
Received 18 Feb 2022The Old Cooperage, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HW
Received 21 Apr 2021Ellergreen, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 5SD
Received 26 Apr 2021Maidenhill Farm Salkeld Road Penrith CA11 8SQ
Received 18 Sept 2024High Scathwaite Farm From The U5105 To The A5092t Via High Scathwaite Spark Bridge ULVERSTON LA12 7SR
Received 28 Sept 2026Greenways Middleshaw Old Hutton KENDAL LA8 0LZ
Received 28 Nov 2024164 Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EB
Received 6 Feb 2020Mountain View Farm KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7UY
Received 19 Sept 202410 Beck Head, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AY
Received 13 May 2022Laithes Mill House Laithes PENRITH CA11 0AW
Received 3 Feb 2025COUPLAND BECK BARN, COUPLAND BECK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LN
Received 12 Jun 2017Asda Stores Ltd, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7JA
Received 30 Nov 2017Penrith Golf Club Maidenhill Salkeld Road PENRITH CA11 8SG
Received 20 Aug 20255 Thornfield Place, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DS
Received 15 Jun 2018Middle Row, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 10 Feb 2022Empsom Hill, Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PT
Received 11 Oct 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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