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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,018 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 SW OF STORCH NEW BRIDGE, GREYSTROKE, PENRITH
Received 28 Mar 2017Dove Ford Farm, Grizebeck, KIRKBY in FURNESS, LA17 7XE
Received 3 Jan 2019Kirkby Lonsdale Rugby Club, Raygarth, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2DS
Received 21 Feb 2022Atherstone House,5 Oxenholme Road, KENDAL, LA9 7NJ
Received 21 Dec 2016FIELD WEST OF LADYBECK, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JG
Received 30 Apr 2018SITE ADJACENT TO OTTERS HOLT, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 25 Aug 2017Land South of Sunny Bank Farm Grayrigg KENDAL LA8 9BU
Received 21 Apr 2026Formentor, Oxenholme, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7RF
Received 8 Dec 202218 CROFT AVENUE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NR
Received 5 Dec 2018Holm Bank, Fernleigh Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HT
Received 2 Nov 202025 Dunmail Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7JG
Received 15 Sept 2022The Nook Hesket Newmarket Wigton CA7 8JB
Received 21 Mar 2024Ivy Cottage Endmoor Kendal LA8 0ED
Received 14 Aug 2025THE POPLARS, STAINTON, CA11 0ES
Received 2 Nov 2020THE GRANARY, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RH
Received 7 Mar 2017Burton House Skelsmergh KENDAL LA8 9AP
Received 3 Jun 2024Thrushwood, Locker Lane, ALLITHWAITE, LA11 7QT
Received 11 May 2017Kendal Wastewater Treatment Works, Wattsfield Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JN
Received 31 Jul 2019St Michael & All Angels Church, Church Street, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 21 Aug 201816 Sedbergh Road KENDAL LA9 6AD
Received 18 Feb 202511 New Road, KENDAL, LA9 4AY
Received 10 Nov 2016HARTSIDE HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 26 Oct 2018Beech House, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 18 Dec 2018Access Track from the A689 at Fairhill serving Flinty Fell Quarry Nenthead Alston CA9 3PN
Received 30 Apr 2024Records 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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