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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,010 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High Bendrigg Old Hutton KENDAL LA8 0NP
Received 13 May 2024Wood End Farm Low Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DH
Received 15 Jul 2024Land behind Tanglewood High Street Morland Penrith CA10 3AS
Received 12 Sept 2024Reading Room Main Street Brough Kirkby Stephen CA17 4BL
Received 18 Dec 2024Meadow Bank Scales ULVERSTON LA12 0PE
Received 28 Jun 2024Land South of Underbarrow Road KENDAL LA9 5RS
Received 23 Jun 2025Sellet Estate Stables & Stud, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 20 Dec 2018Land adjacent to River Kent at Stockbeck and Gooseholme Park, KENDAL
Received 21 Apr 2023Land North of Graylags, Foxfield, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BX
Received 12 Jul 2021MONKS HOUSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NS
Received 26 Mar 20202 Low Cote Ghyll Edenhall PENRITH CA11 8TA
Received 19 Jan 2026Middle Row Farm, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 2 Sept 201949 - 51 Low Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4NZ
Received 1 Mar 2021Park House Farm, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EB
Received 30 Mar 2017Leipsic Quarry, Access road to Moscow from the A686, Clarghyll, ALSTON, CA9 3NQ
Received 19 Dec 2022Brooklyn House Stainton PENRITH CA11 0EP
Received 4 Aug 202655 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 10 Dec 2020FIGARO BARBER SHOP, 5 MARKET SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7AU
Received 23 Sept 2020Whitbarrow Caravan Park Whitbarrow Berrier Penrith CA11 0XB
Received 20 Apr 2026Disused Lancaster Canal from Sellet Hall Bridge to a point about 55m short of where its line would intersect with the A590 Embankment, KENDAL
Received 2 May 2023MIDDLESCEUGH HALL, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NN
Received 5 Aug 20221 A Hillcrest Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BB
Received 29 Mar 20174 Main Street MILNTHORPE LA7 7PN
Received 25 Feb 2026BECKSTONES FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PY
Received 2 Jan 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.
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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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