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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,052 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AE
Received 6 Apr 2020Boulders, Mount Pleasant, CARNFORTH, LA5 0EW
Received 8 Jan 2020OMEGA PROTEINS, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 9 Sept 20204 Sir John Barrow Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SZ
Received 14 Jul 2017COATLITH HILL FARM, ALSTON, CA9 3JZ
Received 15 Jul 2020FARMLAND AT MEG BANK FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 18 Apr 2017Land South East of Rose Bank Johnby PENRITH CA11 0UU
Received 22 Jan 2024High Bracken Hall Gatebeck KENDAL LA8 0HS
Received 18 Dec 2023LAND AT MERRY VALE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 18 Jul 2016MEG BANK, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 22 Feb 202115 Arthur Street Penrith CA11 7TU
Received 10 Dec 2024NETHER HOFF FARM, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 12 Nov 201917 Woodland Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DX
Received 1 Oct 20213 THORPEFIELD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JN
Received 3 Jul 2018Craig Helen, Lyndene Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QP
Received 27 Jan 20223 TEMPLARS COURT, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SR
Received 5 Feb 201836 Finkle Street KENDAL LA9 4AB
Received 8 Aug 20253 White Stiles, KENDAL, LA9 6DJ
Received 21 Apr 2020Yew Tree Sandside KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7UD
Received 19 Sept 2024Land off Old Scotch Road, Killington, KENDAL, LA8 0NP
Received 15 Feb 2019BARN ADJ CROUP HOUSE FARM, WHARTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LQ
Received 5 Apr 2016Land adjacent to Willow Tree Caravan Park, Willow Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7LU
Received 19 Sept 2016PENRITH BUILDING SUPPLIES, 116 SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9JB
Received 29 Apr 2016The Birches Murley Moss Lane KENDAL LA9 7NL
Received 6 Jan 2026Records 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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