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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0 approved · 0 refused · 982 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Hillcrest Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BB
Received 9 Nov 2021Land directly behind 2 Stonecross Gardens, ULVERSTON, LA12 7XA
Received 11 Jan 202258 MILNER MOUNT, PENRITH, CA11 8HB
Received 14 Dec 2017HOFF LODGE, HOFF, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TD
Received 18 Feb 2021LAND NORTH OF PEAR TREE HOUSE & GREENGAGE HOUSE, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NN
Received 3 Sept 2020Hazelwood Storth Road Storth MILNTHORPE LA7 7JA
Received 26 Aug 202529 ALBERT STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7XA
Received 23 Sept 2019LAND AT STATION VIEW, OLD GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 1 Jun 2020SALTERWATH MAST SITE, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 24 Feb 2023Land at Aspen Gardens Penrith CA11 8UL
Received 19 Jul 20244 Vicarage Close, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NP
Received 22 Jan 201911 - 13 Union Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HT
Received 12 Jun 2017LAND ADJACENT TO VILLAGE GREEN, SWILLINGS LANE, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PQ
Received 6 Jul 202052 Priory Crescent GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BL
Received 2 Jan 202515 Church Walk, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EN
Received 30 Jun 202211 Hayfell Avenue KENDAL LA9 7JH
Received 2 Jun 2025DYKEHEADS, COTTERILL, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PY
Received 27 Nov 2018Tenterfield, Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, LA9 5EA
Received 8 Jun 2021PARK HOUSE, ROMAN ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JB
Received 17 May 202151 Aynam Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DW
Received 16 Oct 2019FIELD AT THORNGATE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BU
Received 30 Jan 20232 Friars Terrace Penrith CA11 8DD
Received 2 Sept 20254 The Grotto Yanwath PENRITH CA10 2LF
Received 4 Jul 2024Townfoot Gamblesby PENRITH CA10 1HY
Received 21 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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