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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,050 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
62 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6BE
Received 19 Sept 2017LOVELADY SHIELD COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL, LOVELADY LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3LX
Received 19 Jul 2023PENRITH RAILWAY STATION, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 14 Jan 20198 Orchard Close Bardsea ULVERSTON LA12 9QP
Received 24 Sept 2025Land at Nook Farm Colt House Lane ULVERSTON LA12 0SG
Received 29 Jun 2026IVY HOUSE, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JS
Received 23 Sept 2022ORCHARD HOUSE, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SX
Received 16 Aug 201819 Little Dockray Penrith CA11 7HL
Received 5 Aug 2024Pavement to the side of 6 Lime Tree Road ULVERSTON LA12 9EZ
Received 16 Oct 2024Greystoke and District Sports Association Swimming Pool Church Road Greystoke PENRITH CA11 0TW
Received 6 Oct 2025Parklands, Parkside Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LG
Received 10 May 2023Maughanby Farm Little Salkeld Penrith CA10 1NP
Received 27 Sept 20232 Rusland Crescent ULVERSTON LA12 9LT
Received 2 Feb 2024LAND ADJ TO BRADLEY HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PT
Received 17 Apr 2019Gillam House, Market Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LT
Received 28 Sept 2022Land at Melkinthorpe Wood Melkinthorpe Penrith
Received 28 May 2025Low Wood Edge Farm, Haverbrack, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AJ
Received 27 Sept 2021Kendal Nutricare Ltd Lake District Business Park Mint Bridge Road KENDAL LA9 6NL
Received 15 Aug 2025MIDDLE HOUSE, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3EX
Received 9 Nov 2021Barn adjacent to Furnace Cottage, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 26 Mar 2019Canon Winder Winder Lane Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7LL
Received 21 Mar 2024Breeze Hill, Carr Bank Road, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LD
Received 28 Aug 2019LAND ADJACENT TO INGLENOOK, SNUFF MILL LANE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 5 Mar 2019Brigham Bank Cliburn Penrith CA10 3AW
Received 9 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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