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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,023 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 North of Laurel Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 6FE
Received 12 Dec 2022Woodvale, Dove Nest Lane, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EY
Received 22 Sept 2021The Co-operative Food Redmayne Road Kirkby Stephen CA17 4RL
Received 11 Apr 2025WELL HOUSE, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8HT
Received 8 Sept 2016Meadowlands Caravan Park, Roosebeck, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0RF
Received 22 Nov 2022Land West of Rose Dean Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0PT
Received 24 Jul 2024THE ARCHES, 1 VICTORIA ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8HR
Received 23 Jun 2020BASCO DYKE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QP
Received 16 Jul 2021LAND NORTH OF CARLETON HILL ROAD, CARLETON HEIGHTS, PENRITH
Received 23 Feb 2017Derefin House Ackenthwaite Milnthorpe LA7 7FL
Received 1 Apr 2025Little Cross Garth Heads Road Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6TN
Received 27 Apr 2026The Beeches, 7b Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AD
Received 24 Sept 2020OMEGA PROTEINS PENRITH LTD, PROCESSING PLANT, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 21 Apr 2017Castley Bank Barn, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9ET
Received 30 Aug 20174 Helme Lodge, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QA
Received 12 Aug 2019Ivy Cottage Blencow Penrith CA11 0DG
Received 14 Jul 2026E H Booth And Co Ltd, Wainwrights Yard, KENDAL, LA9 4DP
Received 21 Jun 2022Tree Tops, Main Street, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QE
Received 30 Aug 2017HOWDENS JOINERY, HARTNESS ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9BD
Received 13 Apr 2023Flat 4 150 Highgate KENDAL LA9 5AH
Received 26 Jan 2024Oxenthwaite House Barras KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4ES
Received 3 Mar 2026Land South of Village Hall Southwaite Road Low Hesket Carlisle CA4 0ES
Received 18 Dec 2024The Falls, Mansriggs, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PX
Received 24 May 201711 DOOMGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RB
Received 10 Oct 2018Records 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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