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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,022 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Premier Inn Maude Street KENDAL LA9 4QD
Received 24 Apr 202512 The Green, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NH
Received 5 Jan 2021Land at Carleton Road Penrith
Received 17 Apr 2025Red Rose Recreation Centre, Victoria Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BY
Received 22 Aug 2022Land West of Sedgwick Road, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QE
Received 24 Mar 2023TOWN HEAD FARM, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 4 Dec 2017ORMSIDE HALL, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EJ
Received 11 May 202212 CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JN
Received 14 Aug 2023Sea View, 2 Church Hill, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BD
Received 21 Mar 2022Unit 26A Castle Mills Business Park Aynam Road KENDAL LA9 7DE
Received 5 Mar 2026Firs Edge Alston Youth Hostel The Firs ALSTON CA9 3RW
Received 21 Jan 2025Land adjacent to Eastwood, Scales, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PB
Received 12 Oct 2020Land near Fennelsyke and Birks Hill Raughton Head CARLISLE CA5 7DU
Received 16 Aug 20249 THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH, CA11 8TF
Received 24 Oct 201629 Fountain Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EQ
Received 4 Aug 2021Bolton Memorial Hall Bolton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6AR
Received 10 Mar 20267 Fernhill Road, Fernhill, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 9 Apr 2021RAVENSTONE MANOR, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HB
Received 6 Jul 2017Garth End, Mount Pleasant, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0EW
Received 9 Feb 2017Land East of Hayclose Road Kendal Parks KENDAL LA9
Received 26 May 20226 HILLCREST, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PZ
Received 23 Nov 201710 Horse Market, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AS
Received 21 Apr 2021Center Parcs Whinfell Forest Village Whinfell PENRITH CA10 2DW
Received 5 Feb 2026Briar Dene, Birkrigg, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SF
Received 4 Mar 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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