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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,101 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenside Farm, Viver Lane, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7NA
Received 19 May 20153 & 3A Wildman Street KENDAL LA9 6EN
Received 9 Jan 2026DOWPITTS WOOD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND
Received 8 Feb 2021Ravenscourt, Lindale Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6EL
Received 13 Feb 2017RAINCOCKS BARN, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9UA
Received 26 Jan 2021Side of 21 Birkbeck Close KENDAL LA9 7PW
Received 20 Oct 2025New Mill Little Salkeld Penrith CA10 1NJ
Received 8 Jul 2026Martindale Builders, Woolpack Yard, Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4NG
Received 31 May 2018SYCAMORE HOUSE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PJ
Received 30 Jun 2017Kendal Nursery School Brantfield Queens Road KENDAL LA9 4PH
Received 29 Feb 20245 Market Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AY
Received 5 Jul 20193 JUBILEE LODGE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7SQ
Received 29 Jun 2020Yewbarrow House, Hampsfell Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6BE
Received 4 Apr 201642 Main Street Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7LA
Received 12 Mar 2024Cross Bank Tirril PENRITH CA10 2JF
Received 25 Jun 2024LAND ADJ TO WALMAR, CROFT HEAD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 25 Oct 2019FORMER WESTMORLAND BUILDING CENTRE, THE SANDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XN
Received 7 Sept 2023HIGH PARK HOUSE, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DE
Received 30 Apr 2018Hedgerow North of Natland Mill Beck Lane KENDAL LA9 7LH
Received 9 Sept 20251 Beathwaite Gardens Levens Kendal Cumbria LA8 8NG
Received 6 Sept 202476 Bellingham Road KENDAL LA9 5JY
Received 20 Feb 20268 The Green, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NH
Received 3 Aug 2021Abbott Hall Lambert Manor Kirkhead Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BG
Received 6 Dec 2023Hard Crag Cottage (The Old Games Keepers Cottage) Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7SR
Received 6 Jun 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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