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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,035 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holme House Farm Limited, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9AQ
Received 24 May 2021Land at Sandy Lane Shap Penrith CA10 3LB
Received 4 Dec 2025Beach Arbour Redhills Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AX
Received 24 Jun 2024LAND BEHIND BEACON HILL COTTAGE, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BJ
Received 28 Feb 2018Strickland Arms Great Strickland PENRITH CA10 3DF
Received 31 Mar 2025Mill Ridge, Gilthwaiterigg Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6NT
Received 2 Dec 2019The Old Joinery, Back Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AP
Received 21 Aug 2023HIGH GREEN HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 29 Mar 202235 Finkle Street, part of the former Beales store, KENDAL, LA9 4AB
Received 14 Dec 2021IVY HOUSE, THE ROW, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PE
Received 14 Feb 2017Area surrounding Channel House Farm Pennington ULVERSTON LA12 7NY
Received 14 Oct 20243 Cow Brow Foot, Cow Brow, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PH
Received 29 Jun 2021LAND AT MID TOWN FARM, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JS
Received 3 Dec 20217 BROUGHAM HALL GARDENS, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DB
Received 7 Apr 2021Box Tree House, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PR
Received 6 Jul 2018Area surrounding Beetham Church Beetham Milnthorpe LA7 7AL
Received 28 May 2026EDEN FIELD, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PQ
Received 2 Dec 2019POPLIN DUB, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UT
Received 10 Jan 2017Grange C Of E School, Fell Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JF
Received 30 Aug 20232 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AX
Received 21 Jul 201631 Helsington Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JR
Received 30 Jun 202212 Bay View Road, Baycliff, ULVERSTON, LA12 9ST
Received 30 Mar 2017Old Sheep Wash Barn Nenthead CA9 3LW
Received 30 Jul 2026Thompson Fold Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PP
Received 6 Oct 2025Records 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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