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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0 approved · 0 refused · 981 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Hillside Temple Sowerby PENRITH CA10 1SD
Received 10 Jul 202516 Market Street Ulverston Cumbria LA12 7LR
Received 9 Oct 2024Older Barn The Square Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QE
Received 6 Mar 20254 Lane Foot, Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RW
Received 20 Jul 2018Derefin House, Ackenthwaite, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FL
Received 11 Oct 201728 Lyndhurst Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EG
Received 21 Aug 2023Field north east of Squirrels Drey KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7TS
Received 16 Jul 202467 Appleby Road KENDAL LA9 6ES
Received 26 Aug 2025THE PEACH HOUSE, EDEN GATE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PL
Received 21 Jan 2022Tor Croft Nicholson Lane PENRITH CA11 7UL
Received 13 Jun 2025Near garages next to 35 A Horncop Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4SR
Received 16 May 2022SHED ADJ OLD SHAP WELLS COTTAGE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3QX
Received 7 Sept 2022Aikrigg Green Farm, Lupton, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2QD
Received 30 Mar 2023Stables block and land off Stonebarrow Lane, Stainton with Adgarley
Received 12 Apr 2022KIRSOPP HOUSE, MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3QN
Received 8 Dec 20204 Lowgate, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NJ
Received 7 Nov 202219 Brunswick Square Penrith CA11 7LR
Received 22 Jan 2025Appletree House Carter Road Kents Bank GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AS
Received 6 Nov 2025LONSDALE LODGE ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TX
Received 1 Dec 2022Kantara North Road Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1QG
Received 11 May 2026LAND BETWEEN FERN BANK AND EAST VIEW, REAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3ER
Received 29 Oct 2020Town End Farm Hackthorpe PENRITH CA10 2HX
Received 20 Jan 2025BLEATHGILL EDGE, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ET
Received 12 Jul 2018Beechwood Close Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0BE
Received 21 Mar 2025Records 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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