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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,081 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
35 Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LJ
Received 23 Nov 2020CROFT ENDS FARM, CROFT ENDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JW
Received 23 Oct 2018WEBSTER HOUSE, LITTLE STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3EG
Received 26 Feb 2016Land North of Rosgill Head Rosgill Penrith CA10 2QX
Received 20 Nov 2025ACORN GUEST HOUSE, SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9HL
Received 7 Apr 201630 Copperfield Lane, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6HD
Received 18 Oct 202227 Swinnate Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HR
Received 31 Mar 2021BARROWMOOR FARM, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 29 Nov 202146 Priory Lane, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7BJ
Received 29 Feb 2016Flat 3, Lingmel, 20 The Esplanade, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HH
Received 26 Sept 2022Moss House, Burton, CARNFORTH, LA5 9RP
Received 26 Sept 2022Homebase, Beezon Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EL
Received 27 May 2022LAND AT MAUGHANBY FARM, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NP
Received 20 Oct 202373 Lingmoor Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7NR
Received 19 Jul 2022PLOT 6 JOINERS CLOSE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HU
Received 5 Jul 2018LAND TO SOUTH OF VALLEY ROAD, CLIFTON, PENRITH
Received 15 Jul 2016Beckstones Farm Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0PY
Received 3 Jul 2025HILLSIDE VIEW, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 30 Mar 2016Ravensknowle Station Road Culgaith Penrith CA10 1QF
Received 30 Sept 2025GREYHOUND HOTEL, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PW
Received 11 Oct 2017Cowperthwaite Farm, Lowgill, KENDAL, LA8 9BZ
Received 8 Nov 2016Land North of Meadowbank Business Park Shap Road KENDAL LA9 6NY
Received 3 Nov 202510 CASTLE VIEW, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BA
Received 27 Jun 201915 Ford Park Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JR
Received 28 Oct 2019Records 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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