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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,080 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cowran Farm, Pennington, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JW
Received 17 Aug 2016Town Head Farm Great Strickland PENRITH CA10 3DJ
Received 10 Oct 2024STAINTON VILLAGE HALL, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 13 Apr 20186 Meadow Close, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HA
Received 8 Jan 2018Meadow Bank, Rosside, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NP
Received 30 Aug 2022LAND ADJACENT CROSS CROFT, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND
Received 27 Jun 201829 Lowther Street, KENDAL, LA9 4DH
Received 8 Feb 2019Land around Jack House Raughton Head Carlisle CA5 7DT
Received 10 Apr 2025Land near Steelgate Smithy Ivegill CARLISLE CA4 0QE
Received 19 Aug 20242 SOUTHWAITE GREEN COTTAGES, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BY
Received 7 Apr 2017Holly House, Murley Moss Lane, KENDAL, LA9 7NL
Received 17 Apr 2018LAND ADJACENT TO OCTOBER HOUSE, HIGH STREET, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AS
Received 30 Nov 2016Mount Pleasant Farm Brough Kirkby Stephen CA17 4DX
Received 22 Dec 2023MYRTLE COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 23 Apr 202131 ST ANDREWS VIEW, PENRITH, CA11 7YF
Received 7 Sept 20181 Hunters Croft, KENDAL, LA9 6SB
Received 26 May 2020Burneside Mill, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6PZ
Received 10 Mar 202328 Empsom Road, KENDAL, LA9 5PS
Received 19 Dec 2017Jenkin Cragg Farm, Fowl Ing Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6PH
Received 15 Aug 201628 GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EB
Received 4 Apr 2018HALL COTTAGE, GLASSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1DU
Received 28 Oct 2020Land to South of Turnpike Cottage, Beetham Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QW
Received 23 Feb 201710 Springfield, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BT
Received 2 May 202335 Stricklandgate KENDAL LA9 4LT
Received 4 Jun 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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