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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,040 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 The Square East The Square Burton-in-Kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1LX
Received 15 Nov 2024LAMONBY HALL, LAMONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SS
Received 26 Feb 2018LAND ADJACENT TO WATSONS FARM, GREYSTOKE GILL, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UQ
Received 25 Nov 2021Green Meadows Milnthorpe Road Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1PS
Received 29 Jul 20245 Hallgarth Circle, KENDAL, LA9 5NW
Received 24 May 2021Penrith Savoyards Penrith Players Theatre Auctionmart Lane PENRITH CA11 7JG
Received 24 Oct 2025HYDEPARK FARM, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8TD
Received 16 Oct 2017Ford Park Crescent, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7JP
Received 15 Dec 2015Blue Ridge Woodhouse Lane Heversham MILNTHORPE LA7 7EW
Received 9 Jan 2025Boarbank Hall, Boarbank Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NH
Received 16 Aug 2022THE SPINNEY, GREEN LANE, GREENGILL, PENRITH, CA11 8SF
Received 9 Jun 2022Ulverston Town Hall, Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AR
Received 16 Aug 2017SCHOOL HOUSE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 21 Apr 2022Old Manse Greystoke PENRITH CA11 0UJ
Received 22 Sept 2026Homebase, , Beezon Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EL
Received 19 Aug 2022Deveron High Knott Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AW
Received 26 May 2026LAND AT RAISELANDS FARM, SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH
Received 31 Mar 2023Park House, 5 A Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 17 May 2023LAND BETWEEN MELROSE COTTAGE AND GRETA COTTAGE, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 18 Sept 2017Stone barn to the south of Wood End Farmhouse, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 17 Oct 201812 Castle Green Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6AS
Received 17 Jul 2019NEDS HOUSE, NEWSHAM, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XX
Received 3 Aug 2020Strawberry Fields, KENDAL, LA9 7TA
Received 28 Jul 202375 Sparrowmire Lane, KENDAL, LA9 5PU
Received 6 Dec 2018Records 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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