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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,017 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Lodge, 24 Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AU
Received 9 Aug 2023KINGS GARDEN SITE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY, CA16 6AF
Received 24 Jul 2017BROOK VIEW, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RH
Received 1 Jul 20201 Brougham Avenue Brougham PENRITH CA10 2DD
Received 7 Aug 20249 Ash Court ULVERSTON LA12 0UQ
Received 30 Apr 2024Land to the west of B5281, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PF
Received 4 May 20233 West Green, ULVERSTON, LA12 0UP
Received 17 Mar 2021EAST LYN, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BX
Received 5 Jul 2021St Johns House Garrigill ALSTON CA9 3DS
Received 8 Sept 20251 West Hills Drive ULVERSTON LA12 9NW
Received 10 Nov 20259 Union Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HT
Received 9 Feb 201742 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 2 Oct 201820 Wattsfield Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JH
Received 9 Apr 2018Field Adjacent to Priest Lane, Priest Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6PU
Received 28 Jul 2017Sawmill Cottage, Ackenthwaite, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DQ
Received 19 Jun 2023TOWN HEAD FARM, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 29 Sept 2023Globe Inn, 8 Market Place, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4TN
Received 22 Mar 202220 Castle Circle KENDAL LA9 7BB
Received 23 Apr 2026Telecommunication Base Station, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HT
Received 27 Oct 2022LAND TO THE EASTERN BANK OF RIVER NENT, ADJ. NENTHEAD MINES HERITAGE CAR PARK, NENTHEAD, ALSTON
Received 10 Sept 20183 Meadow Bank, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AW
Received 30 Sept 2022Westmorland View, Vicarage Lane, BURTON IN KENDAL, LA6 1NW
Received 10 Jul 2017Poppy Farm, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9ED
Received 5 Jun 2019Lower Brynthwaite, Brynthwaite, Charney Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BP
Received 17 Sept 2021Records 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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