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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,010 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Scattergate Green Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6SP
Received 24 Jun 202436 Finkle Street KENDAL LA9 4AB
Received 21 Jan 202513 OVERWOOD PLACE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RN
Received 24 Sept 2020White House Langwathby PENRITH CA10 1LW
Received 31 Jul 2026FORMER METHODIST CHAPEL, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3EB
Received 17 Aug 2021Town View Field Hostel, Town View, KENDAL, LA9 4QL
Received 18 Jul 2019Snooty Fox Tavern, Main Street, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AH
Received 11 Oct 20162 Ghyll Side, KENDAL, LA9 5DW
Received 17 Feb 2023UNIT 9 BROUGHAM HALL, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE
Received 21 Oct 2021The Fountain House 8 Beck Head Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AY
Received 22 Jul 2024Lane near Culgaith C of E Primary School Culgaith PENRITH CA10 1QL
Received 17 Sept 2024Stramongate Primary School, Blackhall Road, KENDAL, LA9 4BT
Received 29 Jun 202337 The Promenade, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HA
Received 12 Feb 2019METHODIST CHURCH, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PF
Received 7 Nov 2016JOHNBY HALL, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 30 May 201828 Lowther Street PENRITH CA11 7UW
Received 23 Oct 2025LAND BEHIND TANGLEWOOD, HIGH STREET, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AS
Received 16 Mar 2021MIRKBOOTHS, RAUGHTON HEAD, CARLISLE, CA5 7DT
Received 22 Mar 20214 Sunderland Terrace, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JY
Received 13 May 2022Builders yard adjacent to Fox Hall, Sedgwick, KENDAL, LA8 0JP
Received 20 Dec 2018LAMBSGATE FARM, ALSTON, CA9 3LD
Received 11 Apr 2019The Pastures Log Cabin Park, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7QY
Received 17 Feb 2023EXISTING AGRICULTURAL FIELDS TO THE NE OF, HAZEL BANK GARDENS, PENRITH
Received 16 Apr 201826 Kirkbie Green KENDAL LA9 7AJ
Received 13 Jan 2026Records 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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