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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0 approved · 0 refused · 979 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Yewbarrow Estate Car Park GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EB
Received 29 Jan 2025Bleaze Lodge, OLD HUTTON, LA8 0LU
Received 27 Apr 2018The Homestead, Carr Bank Road, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LE
Received 16 Dec 20202 Barony Hills, Sandylands Road, KENDAL, LA9 6JF
Received 8 Jul 20209-10 Devonshire Chambers Devonshire Street PENRITH CA11 7SR
Received 15 Apr 2025Midland Hotel 25 Clifford Street APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6TS
Received 9 Jul 2025Underlyne Station Road Langwathby PENRITH CA10 1NB
Received 18 Aug 2025Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AL
Received 28 Feb 2019St Peters Church, Woodhouse Lane, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EW
Received 11 Sept 201791 Fairgarth Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FB
Received 30 Jan 2023Welcome Inn Kemplay Foot Eamont Bridge Penrith CA10 2BD
Received 28 Apr 20261 Hoad Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LD
Received 7 Mar 2017Land Adj to West Coast Mainline Railway Shap Penrith
Received 21 Nov 2023The Coot on the Tarn, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SP
Received 3 Sept 201864 Highgate KENDAL LA9 4TF
Received 13 Aug 2026Pennine View, , CARAVAN PARK STATION ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SZ
Received 3 Nov 2022Eskrigg Cottage, ENDMOOR, LA8 0EW
Received 17 Apr 2018COMPOUND 1 AND COMPOUND 2, KIRKBY THORE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XA
Received 28 Oct 2019GRAPES INN, THE SANDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XR
Received 6 Nov 2020Town End Croft Clifton Penrith CA10 2EP
Received 22 Apr 2026Land at The Biggins, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 6 Aug 2018PLUMPTON HEAD FARM, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NP
Received 2 Aug 201818 Princes Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NB
Received 11 Nov 20201 Helme Lodge, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QA
Received 24 Apr 2023Records 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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