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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,076 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Smithy Green Arrad Foot ULVERSTON LA12 7SN
Received 23 Oct 2024Greaves Popplemire Lane Old Hutton KENDAL LA8 0NA
Received 9 Jul 2025Shaw End Mansion, Patton, KENDAL, LA8 9DU
Received 10 Mar 2021WEST VIEW, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DS
Received 14 Apr 2020Plot 6 Lowgate Levens Kendal LA8 8NJ
Received 27 Aug 2026Area surrounding Lane End Cottage Natland Kendal LA9 7QQ
Received 24 Apr 2026IVY HOUSE, THE ROW, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PE
Received 30 May 2017Levens Hall, KENDAL, LA8 0PD
Received 15 Aug 2016HOW HILL, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 3 Aug 202058 Leighton Beck Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AZ
Received 21 Feb 201664 Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5AX
Received 13 Mar 2023Holy Trinity Church, The Square, Milnthorpe Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PZ
Received 13 Jul 2018Nettleslack Broughton Beck ULVERSTON LA12 7PN
Received 1 Feb 2024BARN AT GREENHOLLOWS, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PT
Received 12 Jul 2016Land north of Chapel Island View Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7LD
Received 27 Aug 20241 Arnbarrow, STORTH, LA7 7HP
Received 8 Aug 2016Abbot Hall, Mitchelgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BE
Received 12 Feb 20203 QUEEN STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7XD
Received 27 Jun 20171 Millstream Court, Cark-in-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NW
Received 17 Aug 2023South Lakes Veterinary Centre, Victoria Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BY
Received 27 Apr 2021Duddon Mosses, Kirkby-in-Furness
Received 13 Apr 2016BECKSIDE VIEW, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 28 Feb 2019Land at Booths, Oubas Hill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LY
Received 6 May 20211 PARK CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 8ND
Received 17 Jul 2020Records 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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