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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,068 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Holme Houses, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6RA
Received 15 Mar 2021Low Cragg Yeat Ackenthwaite MILNTHORPE LA7 7DQ
Received 16 Apr 2024Yew Lodge, Helm Lane, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7PS
Received 28 Jan 202220 Inglemere Close, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AP
Received 24 May 2022Ford Barn, The Square, Cartmel, GRANGE OVER SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6QB
Received 10 Mar 2016LAND ADJACENT KILN HOUSE, KELD LANE, KELD, PENRITH, CA10 3QF
Received 27 Mar 201817 Castle Oval, KENDAL, LA9 7BD
Received 5 Dec 201923 Kendal Green KENDAL LA9 5PN
Received 7 Aug 202436 Sail Street, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9FJ
Received 31 Jan 2023The Barn & Bothy, Willowsway Country Estate, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 21 Apr 2021Land to the North of Elm Close High Hesket Carlisle CA4 0JA
Received 15 Oct 2025Sellet Estate, Stables & Stud, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 27 Jun 2018Builders Supply Co, Mintsfeet Road South, KENDAL, LA9 6ND
Received 27 Apr 2017LAND AT STATION ROAD, APPLEBY-IN WESTMORLAND
Received 22 May 2023EDEN BUSINESS PARK, COWPER ROAD, PENRITH
Received 18 Nov 20202 Belmont, KENDAL, LA9 4JP
Received 6 Apr 20211 CROFT STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QJ
Received 19 Feb 20181 West, The Square, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LX
Received 22 Aug 20191 Oakbank Oakbank Farmhouse Barras Kirkby Stephen CA17 4JD
Received 23 May 2025Westmorland and Furness Council Kendal Town Hall Highgate KENDAL LA9 4DL
Received 29 Oct 202586 Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HP
Received 20 Aug 2018UNIT 2 OLD STATION, STATION ROAD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 17 Aug 2022GARRIGILL VILLAGE GREEN, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3DS
Received 13 Aug 2018Woodlands, Bridge Lane, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 8GW
Received 24 Jul 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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