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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,031 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Great Dockray PENRITH CA11 7BN
Received 16 Jun 2025BORROWDALE HOUSE, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DZ
Received 24 Aug 2017Glen Wood, Romney Road, KENDAL, LA9 5QR
Received 16 Nov 201853 Arthur Street, Penrith, CA11 7TU
Received 23 Jul 2022LUHAM FARM, EDENHALL, CA11 8TA
Received 24 Aug 2020CROFT HOUSE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TJ
Received 1 Mar 2022OS Field No 8071 North of Holmescales Cottages, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NF
Received 22 Jul 2019Duke Of Cumberland Inn, 1 Appleby Road, KENDAL, LA9 6ES
Received 23 Jun 2020Guides Farm Cart Lane GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AF
Received 30 Oct 2025Ivy Cottage Blencow Penrith CA11 0DG
Received 5 Jun 20258 Orchard Close Bardsea ULVERSTON LA12 9QP
Received 29 Jan 202619 Helsington Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JR
Received 8 Jul 2020Westfield, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DJ
Received 23 Jun 2022MIDDLESCEUGH HALL, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NN
Received 15 Mar 2023Land Off Pitt Lane High Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2NP
Received 1 Sept 2025MILL HILL, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UR
Received 23 Jun 2023Kings Arms Hotel 7 Market Street Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth LA6 2AU
Received 27 Aug 2026Sunny Bank Grayrigg KENDAL LA8 9BU
Received 2 Feb 2024Road between Old Town Cottage and Wayside Cottage High Hesket CARLISLE CA4 0HS
Received 6 Aug 2024Side of 24 Union Street Kendal Cumbria LA9 4RP
Received 1 Nov 2024HOLLY COTTAGE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HU
Received 13 Mar 2020Fellside Centre, Low Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4NH
Received 9 Jul 201915 DOOMGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RB
Received 19 May 2022White Ox Farm Inglewood Road Penrith
Received 18 Dec 2025Records 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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