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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,018 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
6 Cark House, Cark House Court, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PE
Received 2 Feb 2023BRIDGE END FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UZ
Received 10 Jul 2018SWALLOW BARN, ANDREW HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 10 May 2018COWPERTHWAITES GARAGE, MYERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9DP
Received 15 Dec 201617 Wordsworth Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7JW
Received 30 Mar 2021LAND SOUTH OF AINSTABLE, ARMATHWAITE
Received 27 Nov 20201 CHURCH WALK, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RA
Received 14 Apr 202319 Castle View, Sedgwick, KENDAL, LA8 0JL
Received 25 Jul 20199 Haverflatts Lane, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PS
Received 10 Nov 2021Westmorland Motorway Services Tebay East Tebay Penrith CA10 3SB
Received 17 Oct 2024High Haverflatts Farm, Haverflatts Lane, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DG
Received 27 Jan 2020PENRITH RAILWAY STATION, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 31 Jul 2018Wings School, Whassett, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7DN
Received 18 Jan 2023BUILDING LAND, THE MAINS, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 10 May 201845 CENTURION RISE, PENRITH, CA11 8BQ
Received 2 Dec 2021Shining Stars Nursery The Gate Bongate Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6LH
Received 30 Apr 202412 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XB
Received 24 Oct 2019SUNNYSIDE, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 6 Mar 2019Brookside House, Gleaston, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QD
Received 6 Apr 2022Side of 10 Briery Bank, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HW
Received 29 Jul 2021Land adjacent to River Kent at Stockbeck and Gooseholme Park, KENDAL
Received 15 Jul 2022CASTLE FARM, HARDENDALE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LQ
Received 6 Dec 20187 PENNINE VIEW, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HR
Received 15 Sept 2021Kendal Scrap Metals, Beezon Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6BW
Received 13 May 2016Records 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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