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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,010 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CASTLE FARM, HARDENDALE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LQ
Received 31 Jan 2022Brigsteer Road KENDAL
Received 29 Nov 2023Land adjacent 1 Old Sheep Wash Barn Nenthead ALSTON CA9 3LW
Received 20 Mar 2026DENMARK HALL, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PL
Received 1 Feb 2021Kings Head Queen Street Ulverston LA12 7AF
Received 23 Oct 2025LAND AT PEA FOOT, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 19 Jun 2019St Thomas Vicarage South View Lane KENDAL LA9 4QN
Received 26 Mar 2024Lupton Bridge C5087 over the Lupton Beck Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PW
Received 8 Dec 2025St Marys Vicarage, Vicarage Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BA
Received 30 Nov 2022Eamont Bridge PENRITH CA10 2BL
Received 22 Apr 2026RAILWAY STATION, CLIFFORD STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TT
Received 21 Dec 201634 Windermere Road KENDAL LA9 4QJ
Received 31 Oct 20258 Stainbank Green, Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RP
Received 17 Aug 2023BATTLEBARROW HOUSE, BATTLEBARROW, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XT
Received 9 Dec 20168 Littledale KENDAL LA9 7SG
Received 4 Jul 2024Armadale Hotel, Arrad Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SL
Received 23 Jan 2017EDEN GATE FARM, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PL
Received 10 Dec 2019CROWN FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TG
Received 10 Jan 2017Woodmans Cottage, Grizebeck, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XG
Received 17 Sept 2018Castlehead Field Centre, Castlehead, Lindale, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QT
Received 28 Jul 2023Blacksykes Farmhouse Calthwaite PENRITH CA11 9PP
Received 12 Jun 2026Southfield, Romney Road, KENDAL, LA9 5QR
Received 10 Sept 2019VOREDA HOUSE, PORTLAND PLACE, PENRITH, CA11 7BF
Received 6 Apr 20214 Inglewood Cottages Calthwaite PENRITH CA11 9RE
Received 18 Mar 2025Records 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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