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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,091 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Westmorland House Jacksons Lane Shap Penrith CA10 3JF
Received 6 Dec 2024Kings Arms Hotel 7 Market Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AU
Received 3 Oct 2025Orchard House Icold Road Greystoke Penrith CA11 0UG
Received 15 Sept 2026Bolton Manor Farm, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PX
Received 9 Dec 20201 Airethwaite KENDAL LA9 4SP
Received 26 Aug 202515 Underley Avenue KENDAL LA9 5EU
Received 28 Nov 2023Castle Green Hotel, Castle Green Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6RG
Received 21 Nov 2016Yew Fold, Sandside, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UD
Received 25 Mar 2020West View Nicholson Lane Penrith CA11 7UJ
Received 4 Dec 2025The Birches,, Murley Moss Lane, Kendal, LA9 7NL
Received 19 May 201660 Greenside, KENDAL, LA9 5DT
Received 28 Mar 2018Electricity North West Limited Depot, Parkside Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7DU
Received 17 Apr 2023Town Head Farm Great Strickland Penrith CA10 3DJ
Received 15 Jul 2025Land off Oakfield Park Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2FQ
Received 14 Jul 2025LAND TO REAR OF TEMPLE SOWERBY MEDICAL CENTRE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 12 Jan 2018THORN DYKES, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TL
Received 10 Nov 2017Land at Oak Fold, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9AU
Received 23 Dec 202024 WESTGARTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4TF
Received 25 Feb 2022SMITHS ARMS, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NF
Received 4 May 20212 Howard Street, KENDAL, LA9 5QZ
Received 22 Feb 2018Vacant garages near to 11 Back Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EJ
Received 14 Nov 2018Glen View Mascalles ULVERSTON LA12 0TQ
Received 3 Nov 2025ROAD HEAD FARM, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PB
Received 29 Jun 2017VALDENE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PA
Received 14 Jan 2021Records 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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