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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,047 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 6 Joiners Close Newbiggin Penrith CA11 0HU
Received 8 Apr 2026Steel Croft Selside KENDAL LA8 9LB
Received 9 Mar 2026Land north of Foxdale, Boundary Bank, Boundary Bank Lane, KENDAL, LA9 5RR
Received 10 Feb 202119 Canal Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JZ
Received 1 May 2018DINGLEFIELD, MOOR LANE, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DF
Received 1 Apr 2021Fir Trees, Back Lane, Sedgwick, KENDAL, LA8 0JX
Received 13 Apr 2022GARDEN COTTAGE, THE OLD VICARAGE, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SX
Received 14 Oct 2020THE SWALLOWS, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LW
Received 6 Dec 201663 WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 23 Dec 20198 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 19 Mar 201912 Abbey Gardens, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7SP
Received 20 Jul 2020Barn adjacent to Warth Farm, Preston Patrick, Milnthorpe, LA7 7PD
Received 31 Oct 20163 Colesberg Court, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0DH
Received 10 Aug 20175 Park Garth, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PL
Received 17 Jun 202020 Garden Terrace, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DA
Received 4 Feb 2019Tarnmoor Bleatarn Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6PX
Received 9 Feb 2026Sunny Hurst, Foxfield, BROUGHTON IN FURNESS, LA20 6BX
Received 24 May 201810 Kirkbarrow, KENDAL, LA9 5DD
Received 5 Apr 2019Chestnut House, Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 23 Sept 2020Land to the South of Underbarrow Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RS
Received 13 Jul 2021Parish Church car park, Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AF
Received 21 Dec 2018Warth Sutton Farm, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NU
Received 19 May 2021Fish Over Chips Highfield Nook Kents Bank Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7EY
Received 7 Jul 2025The Mart, Appleby Road, KENDAL, LA9 6FH
Received 31 Jan 2017Records 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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