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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,050 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1A Queen Katherine's Avenue KENDAL LA9 6DU
Received 17 Apr 2024LAND ADJACENT TO KEEPERS COTTAGE, BARROCK PARK, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0JS
Received 8 Nov 2016Land and Property to the South of The Villa, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EA
Received 3 May 2016South View Cottage, South View Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4PW
Received 6 Nov 201940 Burneside Road KENDAL LA9 4RL
Received 23 Jan 2024Land North of Laurel Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 6FE
Received 12 Dec 2022Land at Barn Hey Flookburgh Road Allithwaite Grange-Over-Sands LA11 7RJ
Received 4 Dec 2025Riddings Farm, Lowick Green, ULVERSTON, LA12 8EA
Received 1 Aug 2018Yew Tree House Hale MILNTHORPE LA7 7BJ
Received 18 Mar 2024Land south of the Pastures, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-over-SANDS
Received 2 Dec 2019Eacott, Devonshire Square, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QD
Received 18 Oct 2022Outside 1 Newland Mill Farm Newland ULVERSTON LA12 7QG
Received 15 Apr 2026Hare Croft, Belmont, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HD
Received 20 Jun 2017Beathwaite Gardens, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NG
Received 18 Aug 2017Ruskloof, Holme Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7QD
Received 9 May 2019Pringle House Ellonby Penrith CA11 9SN
Received 18 Sept 202611 Spital Park, KENDAL, LA9 6HG
Received 10 Jul 2017THE OLD FORGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 6 Nov 2018STONEYGARTH, HIGHFIELD FARM, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 12 Feb 2021Unit 2, 2 Mintsfeet Road South, KENDAL, LA9 6LU
Received 27 Nov 2018LAND BETWEEN MELROSE COTTAGE AND GRETA COTTAGE, LAND BETWEEN GAYTHORN AND WEST VIEW, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 7 Oct 2021Fair View, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BE
Received 8 Jul 20221 RAISE HAMLET, THE WARDWAY, ALSTON, PENRITH, CA9 3AS
Received 28 Sept 2017Netherhouses Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PR
Received 27 May 2021Records 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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