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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Kendal Fell Business Park Boundary Bank Lane KENDAL LA9 5RR
Received 16 Jan 20256 Larch Grove, KENDAL, LA9 6AU
Received 21 Jul 2017ASH TREE FARM, SLEAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3HD
Received 3 Aug 2020Flat 1 New Bank Yard, 17 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4DA
Received 20 Jan 2021LAND ADJACENT TO NEWTON CLOSE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 7 Jul 2021Lower Lodge Low Barns Docker KENDAL LA8 0DB
Received 8 Apr 2024Telecoms Mast West of Holme Park Quarry, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QP
Received 29 Nov 2021Unit 1, 13 and 14 Blackhall Yard, Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4LU
Received 16 Feb 2016New Mill Little Salkeld PENRITH CA10 1NJ
Received 19 Jan 2026Spring Bank Silverdale Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AG
Received 13 Aug 202616 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PD
Received 27 Apr 201660 Wordsworth Street PENRITH CA11 7QY
Received 16 Sept 2024Land off Church Street Shap Penrith CA10 3JU
Received 21 Jan 2026Dalegarth, Mascalles, ULVERSTON, LA12 0TQ
Received 12 Dec 2019Land at Topthorn Farm, Whinfell, Kendal, LA8 9EG
Received 1 Feb 2016LAND NORTH OF THE LAURELS, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 9 Nov 2021The Hideaway Burrow Cottages Plantation Bridge KENDAL LA8 9JR
Received 30 Apr 2024Sproat Ghyll Orton Penrith CA10 3SA
Received 9 Jul 2024LAND AT CARLTON HILL ROAD, PENRITH
Received 9 Oct 202020 Nethercroft, Lowgate, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8LU
Received 16 Jul 2019WOODHOUSE FARM, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DS
Received 5 Oct 2021ARCH BARN, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 5 Mar 2018Land at Centurion Rise PENRITH CA11 8QW
Received 14 Apr 2025Oak Bank Mill, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9AQ
Received 5 Sept 2022Records 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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