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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,036 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TERRYS FARM, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EJ
Received 10 Aug 2020GRASSRIGG, ST MICHAELS LANE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UH
Received 25 Jan 2018PARK HOUSE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BY
Received 30 Jul 2018Land off Pitt Lane, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 9 Nov 2015WOODSTONE PIZZA, PRINCES STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7BQ
Received 27 Jul 2020Knottbarrow Ackenthwaite MILNTHORPE LA7 7DQ
Received 26 Sept 20248A PENNINE VIEW, STATION ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SZ
Received 14 Feb 2019PARK VIEW, STAFFIELD, PENRITH, CA10 1EU
Received 24 Jul 2018High Oaks Farm Calthwaite PENRITH CA11 9QZ
Received 13 Jan 2025Oldfield Barn, Docker, KENDAL, LA8 9BJ
Received 5 Sept 2017Rear of 46 Owlet Ash Fields Ackenthwaite MILNTHORPE LA7 7DA
Received 25 Apr 2024Fern Cottage, Main Street, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EF
Received 8 Jul 2019Two Acres, Force Lane, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8ED
Received 21 Jan 201910 LONG MARTON ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XX
Received 1 Jul 2016CROZIER LODGE, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AB
Received 20 Mar 2019THE CROFT, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PN
Received 28 Feb 2023LAND AT BOWSTRINGS WOOD, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 13 Jan 2023BLEATHGILL, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ET
Received 16 Apr 202142 Sail Street, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9FJ
Received 27 Feb 2023HAWBANK FARM, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 20 Feb 2017Coalgate Cottage, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BP
Received 27 May 2021Land near Bridlecroft, Sampool, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EJ
Received 14 Oct 2020Low Barns, Lower Lodge, Docker, KENDAL, LA8 0DB
Received 2 Apr 2021Hardcragg Hall 4 Grange Fell Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BJ
Received 12 Aug 2024Records 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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