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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,012 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
47 BURROWGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TA
Received 9 Jun 20172 West, The Square, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LX
Received 22 Aug 2019Co-Operative Retail Services Ltd, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HR
Received 23 Oct 2020HAMELN HOUSE, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 14 Jun 20195 Croft Close Lazonby PENRITH CA10 1AL
Received 6 May 202533 The Promenade, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HA
Received 26 Apr 2023Hampsfell Road Depot, Hampsfell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BE
Received 2 Oct 2019High Sands, The Heads, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EE
Received 7 Feb 2020Church Walk Preschool Nursery, Church Walk, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EN
Received 29 Mar 2022LAND OFF RIDLEY COURT, PENRITH, CA11 8RT
Received 28 Jun 201748 Casson Street, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7JQ
Received 21 Mar 20231 Stockbridge Court, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BE
Received 2 Apr 2019Canal Head Service Station, Oubas Hill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LY
Received 7 Jun 2017COLBY LAITHES, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BA
Received 22 Jan 2021Rose Cottage Crackenthorpe APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6AF
Received 15 Nov 2024LAMLEY HOUSE, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LG
Received 30 Nov 201768 Lingmoor Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7NU
Received 13 Jul 202019 FOLLY LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BT
Received 17 Aug 2020BARN AT MOTHERBY, PENRITH, CA11 0RL
Received 3 Apr 2019Land off Brigsteer Road, Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, LA9 5DZ
Received 26 Jan 20236 Hawesmead Avenue KENDAL LA9 5HB
Received 9 Mar 2026Saltcotes Hall, Station Road, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HG
Received 10 Dec 2019Laitha Lodge Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DQ
Received 16 Jun 2025Helmwinds Culgaith PENRITH CA10 1QT
Received 15 Jul 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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