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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,058 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WIGTON ROAD BARN, NR SKELTON, PENRITH
Received 4 Dec 2017164 Vicarage Drive, KENDAL, LA9 5BX
Received 15 May 2019Glenholme Guest House, 43 Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5QG
Received 26 Sept 2022Eden Bank Kirkoswald Penrith CA10 1EE
Received 9 Jun 2025SPRINGSIDE, REDMAYNE ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RL
Received 16 Feb 2021Yard 64 Stramongate KENDAL LA9 4BD
Received 15 Oct 2024183 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SF
Received 14 Aug 2019White Lodge, Hillcrest Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BB
Received 1 Sept 2023THE STEADING, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PJ
Received 6 Jul 20182 SUNNY BANK, ICOLD ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TR
Received 29 Apr 2022THE CROFT, LOW WIEND, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QP
Received 1 Sept 2017BROAD MEADOWS, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HA
Received 23 Jan 2019Nampara, Eden Mount Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BN
Received 13 Mar 2019OLD RECTORY, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 16 Jun 2019111 Bellingham Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JU
Received 11 Sept 2018Land North of Allithwaite Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11
Received 16 Sept 2026LAND AT MERRYVALE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY, CA16
Received 22 Apr 2020Byebeck Tebay PENRITH CA10 3SZ
Received 14 May 2025WHITE HOUSE GUEST HOUSE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EL
Received 19 Sept 2018Torridon Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 1SD
Received 8 Aug 2024Heversham House, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ER
Received 7 Dec 2020HIGH STREET HOUSE, HIGH STREET, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AS
Received 23 Nov 201883 Station Road Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JZ
Received 8 Jan 2026Morningside, Tanpits Lane, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HX
Received 7 Nov 2023Records 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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