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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,050 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Longwell, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9LD
Received 5 Sept 2022CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3QW
Received 27 Jul 2018Town View, Town Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EY
Received 4 Sept 2019Land Off Fairthorns Road New Hutton
Received 29 Nov 2023Berners Close GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7DQ
Received 30 Jan 2024Whetstone, Preston Patrick, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PE
Received 6 Dec 2017Woodlands Bridge Lane PENRITH
Received 20 Jul 2026Whinfield Farm Lindal ULVERSTON LA12 0LE
Received 5 Feb 2025ACORN BANK, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SP
Received 10 Mar 2020Four Lane Ends, Storth Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JL
Received 29 May 2019The Warehouse Buxton Place ULVERSTON LA12 7EF
Received 27 Aug 2024Swallow Cottage, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PR
Received 12 Jan 2018Hillcrest Great Musgrave Kirkby Stephen CA17 4DW
Received 27 Apr 202624 JEFFERSON GARTH, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UA
Received 18 Dec 2017WESTLANDS, SOUTHWAITE ROAD, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0ES
Received 6 Sept 202128 Longpool KENDAL LA9 6ER
Received 5 Sept 2023THE NOOK COTTAGE, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8JB
Received 7 Jul 2017ID 43 & 44 Wraysholme Crossing Wraysholme Lane Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7LZ
Received 23 Dec 202429 HUNTLEY AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 8NU
Received 26 Mar 201818 Princes Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NB
Received 11 Nov 2020Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witness Station Road Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JZ
Received 10 Jul 2026Croftside Nursing Home, Beetham Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QR
Received 18 Jan 2023Kendal Parish Church, Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AF
Received 18 Oct 2017Gatebeck Business Park, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HS
Received 20 Aug 2018Records 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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