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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,010 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burton House Skelsmergh KENDAL LA8 9AP
Received 5 Dec 2025Car Park Ford Park ULVERSTON LA12 7JP
Received 26 Aug 2026CARLTON HOUSE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EA
Received 2 Aug 2019GORTON HOUSE, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QW
Received 19 Aug 2019Land off Underbarrow Road, KENDAL, LA9 5FP
Received 31 Oct 2022LAND AT EASTFIELD FARM, WARCOP, APPLEBY, CA16 6PS
Received 19 Dec 2013Low Audlands, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HU
Received 17 Jul 2023Land at Hayfell, opposite Gate House and Toll House Appleby Road KENDAL LA8 0DA
Received 30 Sept 2025GARAGE, THE SANDS, APPLEBY, CA16 6XN
Received 4 Jul 201811 Horncop Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4SR
Received 9 Sept 2020SYCAMORE HOUSE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PJ
Received 9 Oct 2017BROOK VIEW, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RH
Received 29 Aug 2023Land to west of 28 Dugg Hill, Dugg Hill, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EF
Received 16 Dec 2016MID TOWN FARM HOUSE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BN
Received 9 Mar 20232 Newland House, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 23 Jun 2023Wayfaring House Murley Moss Business Park Oxenholme Road KENDAL LA9 7RL
Received 2 Jun 2025Opposite High Meadows Oxenholme Lane Natland KENDAL LA9 7QH
Received 15 May 2025OMEGA PROTEINS PENRITH LTD, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 15 Nov 201625 Ford Park Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JR
Received 11 May 2022REAR OF RICKERBYS GREENBANK ROAD, EDEN BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 12 Oct 2022Lovelady Shield Country House Hotel Lovelady Lane Alston CA9 3LX
Received 15 May 2024CROSSFELL HOUSE FARM, CROSS END, KIRKBY THORE, CA10 1UP
Received 2 Nov 2020Nenthead Mines Conservation Society Nenthead Alston CA9 3PD
Received 11 May 2026ALOCIN COTTAGE, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HE
Received 26 Nov 2018Records 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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