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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westmorland Motor Club, Shackla Bank Lane, Firbank, SEDBERGH
Received 16 Dec 2020BOLTON MEMORIAL HALL, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AR
Received 3 Sept 2021Yew Trees Lowther Street Penrith CA11 7UW
Received 11 Mar 2024SHAP BECK QUARRY, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 2NX
Received 9 Oct 2018BOW HALL, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DE
Received 21 Mar 202220 Silverdale Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6RP
Received 13 Jun 2019EAST SIDE OF ST MICHAEL'S CHURCHYARD (ADJACENT RAILWAY LINE), SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LD
Received 22 Mar 2019WESTGARTH HILL, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EX
Received 4 Oct 201823 Eden Mount ULVERSTON LA12 9PT
Received 7 Aug 2026PROSPECT PLACE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 22 Jun 2017Alby House, Clawthorpe, Carnforth, LA6 1NU
Received 7 Feb 2017Pavement to the side of 6 Lime Tree Road ULVERSTON LA12 9EZ
Received 21 Oct 2024Abbott Hall Lambert Manor Kirkhead Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BG
Received 6 Dec 2023LAND AT CARLETON HILL ROAD, PENRITH
Received 30 Sept 2021Pyes Bridge Farm, Hale, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7BJ
Received 25 Jan 2023LOW GRASSGILL, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QB
Received 7 Nov 2022139 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4RF
Received 6 Nov 202037 High Garth, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5NR
Received 20 Mar 2023Adgarley Farm Stainton-With-Adgarley BARROW-IN-FURNESS LA13 0NP
Received 22 Feb 2023Allotments to the south of Quarry Foot, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8PJ
Received 1 May 2019BARCO LODGE, FOLLY LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8NA
Received 9 Aug 2019Hill Top Tearnside, KIRKBY LONSDALE, Cumbria, LA6 2PU
Received 9 Feb 2023Addle Bank, Station Lane, BURTON IN KENDAL, LA6 1HS
Received 4 Jun 20192 BROOKLANDS, CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8LT
Received 1 Feb 2021Records 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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