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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,027 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 & 31 Fountain Street ULVERSTON LA12 7EQ
Received 27 Mar 202411 Meadowside, SWARTHMOOR, LA12 0XD
Received 30 Jan 2018Patton Hall Farm, Patton, KENDAL, LA8 9DT
Received 12 Apr 201752 Gillinggate KENDAL LA9 4JB
Received 9 Jul 2026LAND AT NEWBIGGIN, STAINTON, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 21 Jan 2019THE COTTAGE, BISHOP YARDS, PENRITH, CA11 7XU
Received 19 Jul 2023TURKS HEAD INN, MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3HS
Received 13 Jul 2021Fox Rock, Allithwaite Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EN
Received 4 May 2021Wreaks Causeway Bridge KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7XG
Received 20 Dec 2024Unit 2, 24-26 Market Place, KENDAL, LA9 4TN
Received 24 Mar 2017Whinnels Farm, Greystone Lane, Newton in Furness, BARROW in FURNESS, LA13 0NX
Received 25 Jan 201816 Sepulchre Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4NJ
Received 23 Nov 202132 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4SX
Received 26 Apr 20174 TALLOWS WHINS, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AR
Received 24 Mar 2022Cross Keys Inn Carleton Village PENRITH CA11 8TP
Received 17 Jul 2026Land adjacent Centurion Rise Penrith CA11 8BS
Received 24 Sept 2024Middlesceugh Hall Farm Southwaite CARLISLE CA4 0NN
Received 16 Feb 2024OLD METHODIST CHAPEL, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 1QW
Received 25 Feb 2016Askew Oak, Sandside, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UA
Received 31 Oct 2019BURWAIN HALL, CHITTY HILL, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3DD
Received 24 Dec 20184 ELDERBERRY DRIVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ED
Received 24 Apr 202318 Mealbank KENDAL LA8 9DW
Received 31 Jul 2024Green Riggs, Barrows Green, KENDAL, LA8 0AA
Received 28 Sept 2022HILL HOUSE, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BJ
Received 15 Jun 2023Records 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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