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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,034 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
KINGS BARN, CRACKENTHORPE, CA16 6AF
Received 29 Mar 2021WORKSHOP AND PREMISES, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NJ
Received 14 Jul 2017Lane Cottage Warcop APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6PF
Received 2 Sept 202413 Grasmere Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 6LP
Received 25 Oct 2017Barn Court Cottage, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BY
Received 12 Dec 20223 Eden Mount PENRITH CA11 8HG
Received 31 Mar 202551 Hayclose Road, KENDAL, LA9 7NE
Received 23 May 2016The Coot On The Tarn, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SP
Received 16 Jul 2019The Tree House, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DU
Received 21 Mar 2022Milburn House Bowscar Road Bowscar Penrith CA11 9NW
Received 7 Nov 202537 Fairgarth Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FB
Received 5 Jun 2019High Barns, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EG
Received 6 Jul 202355 Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4ED
Received 12 Jun 2018Road Frontage of Beehive Business Park, Thomas Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NJ
Received 10 Dec 2019PART GROUND FLOOR OF LANGWATHBY HALL, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 8 Feb 20183 SANDATH GARDENS, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BG
Received 11 Nov 2016Ennim Lodge Blencow PENRITH CA11 0DA
Received 20 Aug 20241 COMMON GARDEN SQUARE, PENRITH NEW SQUARES, PENRITH, CA11 7FG
Received 12 Nov 2018WAYSIDE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 23 Mar 2022Steel portal frame to rear of Clawthorpe Lodge Farm House Burton-In-Kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1NU
Received 4 Apr 2024DENBY, NORTH DYKES, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9ND
Received 21 Jun 2023LANGLEY HOUSE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 17 Dec 2018Pickle Farm, Hutton Roof, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PH
Received 9 Oct 2020262 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SL
Received 15 Dec 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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