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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,030 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LT
Received 11 Jan 20224 LING COTTAGES, OUSBY, CA10 1PS
Received 18 Jun 2020Land on the east side of Dry Lane, Selside, KENDAL, Cumbria
Received 21 Dec 201824a Cavendish Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 23 Aug 20175 Buttery Well Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HZ
Received 29 Aug 2017Hall Cottage Glassonby Penrith CA10 1DU
Received 24 Jul 2024Development Site Viver Green Hincaster MILNTHORPE LA7 7FR
Received 18 Feb 20251A Porthouse Road Penrith CA11 8QB
Received 5 Dec 2024STONEY GREEN, NORTH DYKES, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9ND
Received 19 Oct 20211 LEVENS HOUSE, NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AA
Received 11 Jun 2018OLD REGISTRARS OFFICE, FRIARGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7XR
Received 16 Jan 201872 Kentsford Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BB
Received 27 Mar 2025Land East of Aulby Farm Laithes PENRITH CA11 0AN
Received 11 Apr 2025Parklands Parkside Road KENDAL LA9 7LG
Received 24 Feb 2026HALL COTTAGE, GLASSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1DU
Received 3 Mar 2021Maughanby Farm Little Salkeld PENRITH CA10 1NP
Received 5 Apr 20241 HIGH WIEND, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RD
Received 25 Jul 2016Kinmont Lazonby PENRITH CA10 1BL
Received 26 Jun 2026Land opposite Electricity North West Clifton Cross Substation Brougham Penirth CA10 2DE
Received 27 Jun 2024Land off the A686 Alston CA9 3NQ
Received 2 Sept 2025Manderley Church Brough KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4EJ
Received 16 Jan 202429 The Meadows Arnside Carnforth LA5 0EY
Received 21 Oct 2025Telecomunication Site South of Hardrigg, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DH
Received 9 Sept 2022Bolton Memorial Hall Bolton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6AR
Received 24 Mar 2026Records 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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