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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,018 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pells Yeat Barn Hophouse Lane Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2EH
Received 7 Apr 2026Moss House, Leece, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RA
Received 11 Aug 202220 Ashmount Gardens, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DN
Received 9 Mar 202114 Stonecross Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HR
Received 18 Sept 2020Lingwood Park Cartmel Road Grange-over-sands Cumbria LA11 7QA
Received 18 Dec 202448 Carleton Drive PENRITH CA11 8JR
Received 15 Jul 2026Land at Beckside Smithy, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PY
Received 13 Jan 2020Formally Playmates Pre School Nursery, Captain French Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HX
Received 1 Mar 2021BRACKEN HILL, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DS
Received 5 Oct 2017Sunny Hills, 54 Black Dyke Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HZ
Received 5 Sept 2016BARN ADJACENT TO COUNTING HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 20 Jun 2017LAND NORTH WEST OF CALTHWAITE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QX
Received 24 Feb 2023Land around Shanandoah Salkeld Road Penrith CA11 8SQ
Received 1 Sept 2025TYNEFIELD HOUSE, BRIDGE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8HY
Received 8 Mar 2021Kit Crag Selside KENDAL LA8 9EW
Received 27 Nov 2023Colt Park Farm, Aldingham, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RU
Received 9 Jun 2020Kings Arms 35 King Street, 3 Market Place & 13 Market Street, ULVERSTON, LA12
Received 1 Oct 20201 Ford Park Crescent ULVERSTON LA12 7JW
Received 7 Aug 2026Hawkswell Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PP
Received 14 Jun 202348-50 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AJ
Received 22 May 2026LAND AT LANGWATHBY HALL FARM, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 20 Nov 20205 BARNES GREEN, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LU
Received 29 Aug 202337 Park Street, KENDAL, LA9 5QP
Received 6 Oct 202313 Brockley Moor Plumpton Penrith CA11 9NT
Received 4 Nov 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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