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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,047 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Todds Farm, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DJ
Received 24 Aug 2021Broad View Carleton Village Penrith CA11 8TY
Received 24 Apr 2025Unit 1 Westmorland Business Park, Gilthwaiterigg Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6NS
Received 13 Feb 2017CENTRAL GARAGE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3NP
Received 21 Jan 2016BARN SOUTH EAST OF NEWBY, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 11 Jan 2022HAZEL BANK REST HOME, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LH
Received 31 Jul 2023Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, Kendal, KENDAL, LA9
Received 30 Sept 2022Adjacent 77 High Garth KENDAL LA9 5NR
Received 8 Jan 202424a Finkle Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AB
Received 15 Feb 2018STONEY GREEN, NORTH DYKES, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9ND
Received 10 Jun 201670 Kentsford Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BB
Received 14 Mar 2025Cark Manor Cark In Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7PG
Received 17 May 2024Wood View Caravan Park, Windy Hill Farm, New Hutton , KENDAL, LA8 0AQ
Received 23 Aug 2016Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SH
Received 10 Nov 2016Land at Lazonby Lazonby PENRITH CA10 1BG
Received 4 Oct 2024Nettleslack Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PN
Received 10 Jan 20193 Fir Tree Rise KENDAL LA9 5FA
Received 11 Apr 20243 Meadow View Cark-in-Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7NZ
Received 15 Sept 2025Fernleigh Lowther Gardens GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7EX
Received 3 Mar 2025The New House, Chapel Close, 8 Cliff Terrace, KENDAL, LA9 4LQ
Received 20 Jan 2017Woodlands, 54 Silverdale Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0EH
Received 14 May 20203 EDEN GATE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PL
Received 18 Feb 2021Windyridge, 19 Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 28 Sept 2022LAND ADJACENT PENNINE VIEW, SKELTON, PENRITH
Received 10 Jan 2019Records 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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