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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0 approved · 0 refused · 965 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thge Orchard Adjacent Larch Howe Brigsteer Road KENDAL LA9 5DY
Received 11 Oct 2022LAND ADJACENT WELLFIELD FARM HOUSE, APPLEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PE
Received 7 Dec 201812 Dockray Hall Mill, Dockray Hall Industrial Estate, Dockray Hall Road, KENDAL, LA9 4RU
Received 15 Dec 20204 HIGH WIEND, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RD
Received 14 Oct 2021Croft House Brampton Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6JS
Received 29 Jul 2024Thorn Lea Lazonby PENRITH CA10 1AT
Received 11 May 2026Main Line Industrial Estate Crooklands Road MILNTHORPE LA7 7LR
Received 12 Jun 2024BUILDING SOUTH OF CROFT COTTAGES, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 4 Nov 2020Hill Crest Icold Road Greystoke PENRITH CA11 0UG
Received 14 Feb 202417 Parkside Drive, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BU
Received 16 Jul 201959 Hall Park Burneside KENDAL LA9 6RE
Received 28 Aug 2024MOUNTAIN VILLA, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 11 Apr 20221 & 2 Station Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA5 0HG
Received 10 Nov 2022The Coach House, Lupton Tower, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PR
Received 16 Aug 2017103 Parkside Road Kendal Cumbria LA9 7LG
Received 19 Mar 2025WAYSIDE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 20 Feb 202310 CASTLEGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7HZ
Received 24 May 2017Postlethwaites, Main Street, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 14 Mar 2018WILLIAM STREET, PENRITH
Received 18 Dec 20182 BROUGHAM HALL GARDENS, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DB
Received 1 Feb 2021Low Levens Farm, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EH
Received 29 Jun 2018Highlands High Knott Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AW
Received 2 Feb 2026Lake View, 3 High Birkrigg Park, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0DY
Received 21 Dec 2020MEADOW ING FARM, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 14 Jul 2021Records 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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