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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,017 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Courthouse, Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 4TJ
Received 26 Jul 20212 Kentrigg, KENDAL, LA9 6EE
Received 31 Jan 2019Land near Roe Banks Middlesceugh Ivegill Carlisle CA4 0QF
Received 19 Aug 2024ORMSIDE INN, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EJ
Received 26 Oct 2022NORTH LODGE, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XH
Received 12 Oct 2018LAND WEST OF GILLIANS WELL, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 23 Apr 202113 Thirlmere Road, KENDAL, LA9 6LW
Received 10 Oct 2019CROWN FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TG
Received 23 Dec 2016Greenfield House Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 1SD
Received 3 Mar 2026Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL, LA9 5RL
Received 18 Jan 2022NEWSHAM FARM, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XX
Received 16 Aug 2017ROUNDTHORN HOUSE, PENRITH, CA11 8SJ
Received 26 Feb 202276 Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 9 Jun 2021Hardcragg Hall 4 Grange Fell Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BJ
Received 30 Oct 2025Land North of Greylags Foxfield BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS LA20 6BX
Received 13 Sept 202439 The Gill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BP
Received 30 Aug 2019Canal Iron Works Canal Head North KENDAL LA9 7BZ
Received 20 Nov 202512 Library Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QB
Received 8 Nov 2021Yewbarrow, Hampsfell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BE
Received 17 May 2018Brookside Beanthwaite KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7XT
Received 31 Jan 2024GRANGE COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 20 Apr 20234 Spital View, KENDAL, LA9 4NX
Received 8 Sept 2022Land Adjacent to 17 Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 24 Feb 2023Eskrigg Barn, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NU
Received 9 Mar 2017Records 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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