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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,089 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Slack House, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6JT
Received 3 Dec 2021Dendron Farm, Dendron, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QN
Received 5 Oct 20236 Orchard Close, BARDSEA, LA12 9QP
Received 1 Jun 2018OS Field No. 9340, adjacent to A65, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2HG
Received 31 Jul 2017PLOT 9, EDEN BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 6 Jan 2023THE SOUTHWAITE ARMS, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LB
Received 23 Mar 2017Areas surrounding Galloper Pool Foxfield BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS LA20 6BT
Received 1 Jun 2026THE OLD FORGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 17 Aug 2021St Cuthbert Church Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9LZ
Received 17 Nov 2023Bracken Hall Cottage, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BN
Received 23 Sept 20224 Devonshire Street PENRITH CA11 7SR
Received 11 Nov 2025Land off North Lonsdale Terrace, ULVERSTON
Received 11 May 2017British Gypsum Ltd Birkshead Mine Knock Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6DT
Received 7 Feb 2025LITTLETHWAITE, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EX
Received 9 Nov 2020BARN TO THE WEST OF DEEP GHYLL, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JX
Received 11 Mar 201634 Prince Charles Close Pategill PENRITH CA11 8JD
Received 20 Nov 2023Handsome Brewery, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HD
Received 7 May 2019Barclays Bank, 9 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4DA
Received 28 Apr 2017BEACON SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 8AJ
Received 9 Nov 20163 Wardway Foot Nenthead Alston CA9 3PX
Received 25 Sept 20244 HIGHFIELD, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3TJ
Received 4 Jan 2022HESKET PARK, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0JF
Received 25 May 20219 CYPRESS WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8UN
Received 4 May 20204 Whinfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HG
Received 24 Jul 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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