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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,017 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to south east of Birkrigg Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 0UB
Received 18 Nov 2020IVY HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QA
Received 25 Jun 2018Levens Village Hall Site, Lowgate, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8PS
Received 25 Jun 2019Causey Wood Bungalow, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SJ
Received 7 Sept 2018Annexe Two Acres, Force Lane, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8ED
Received 3 Dec 2020LITTLE ROODS, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 9 Sept 2022Winder House Blencow Penrith CA11 0DB
Received 28 Jan 2025Kendal Rugby Union Football Club, Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DL
Received 9 Feb 2017The Coach House, Heversham Gardens, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RA
Received 2 Oct 2023LANGWATHBY HALL, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 20 Apr 2017Stoney Cragg Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PS
Received 16 Dec 2019Beechwood, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ND
Received 13 Jan 2023ROSEDENE, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PN
Received 7 Mar 2022LAND OFF CHRISTIAN HEAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 19 Mar 2020Lakeland Leisure Park Moor Lane Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7LT
Received 14 Feb 20251 Hill Top, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RD
Received 10 May 2016Low Sunbrick Cottage, Sunbrick, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RE
Received 12 Sept 2019Limekiln Nook Sebergham CARLISLE CA5 7DY
Received 19 Jul 20241 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 11 Aug 202318 Barn Holme, KENDAL, LA9 5LP
Received 22 Dec 2017OS Field No 8071 North of Holmescales Cottages, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NF
Received 4 Mar 2019Edenhurst Eden Mount GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BZ
Received 11 Jun 202526 GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH, CA11 7DE
Received 26 May 2017Fern Cottage, Burton Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QN
Received 5 Jun 2019Records 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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