Understanding planning · 13 min read
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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,010 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
College Green Farm, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EZ
Received 13 Sept 201747 BARCO AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 8LY
Received 14 Dec 2017Woodland bounded by Cockshot lane to the south and east and by Throughs lane to the east, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JW
Received 13 Jun 2022BLUNDERFIELD EAST, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EX
Received 14 Sept 2017Mireside Farm, Winder Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7LE
Received 6 Jun 20189 poles at Ridgemont, 1 pole east of Snipe Gill Cottage & 2 poles northeast of Tallyrock ULVERSTON LA12 0NU
Received 10 Oct 2024Hale Head Farm, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BN
Received 15 Aug 2022THE CHALET, HIGH HEAD CASTLE FARM, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PJ
Received 9 Mar 2020Doe Wood Lodges, Aldingham, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RU
Received 26 Oct 2022Prizet House, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AB
Received 3 Mar 2022EASTFIELD FARM, WARCOP, APPLEBY, CA16 6PS
Received 19 Sept 2017Center Parcs Whinfell Forest Village Whinfell Penrith CA10 2DW
Received 27 Jun 202524 Bellingham Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JW
Received 2 Feb 2017Yanwath Gate Inn Yanwath Penrith CA10 2LF
Received 24 Jun 2025Land off Park Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11
Received 13 Sept 202410 Ruskin Close, KENDAL, LA9 7LA
Received 2 Nov 2017Toppin Rays, Arrad Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SN
Received 1 Jul 2021Docker Hall Docker KENDAL LA8 0DB
Received 27 Nov 2023Spar, Fawcetts Garage, 13-17 Beetham Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QL
Received 23 Dec 2020CROWN FARM, UNTHANK, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TG
Received 23 Dec 2016Land at Kents Bank Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7EF
Received 11 Aug 201568 Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LR
Received 24 Nov 2021Church Walk Veterinary Centre, St Marys Place, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EN
Received 31 Jan 2018LAND AT EDEN BUSINESS PARK, COWPER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9FD
Received 24 Aug 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage