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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,129 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Shippon Gatebeck KENDAL LA8 0HZ
Received 17 Jun 2025Site of former garage adjacent to Drill Hall, Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BX
Received 26 Mar 2019Rame Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QR
Received 3 Jul 2019Westmorland Caravan Park Tebay Penrith CA10 3SB
Received 3 Dec 2024Croftlands Junior Schools, Oakwood Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9JU
Received 12 Mar 2019138 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HW
Received 11 Oct 2023Eden Lodge And House, Coast Road, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QZ
Received 6 May 2022GILLCUMBER EDGE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HU
Received 1 Sept 2020Parr Street Evangelical Chapel, Parr Street, KENDAL, LA9 7DH
Received 12 Aug 202050 Fairgarth Drive Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2FB
Received 16 Dec 2025Town and Village Green area Kendal Fell KENDAL
Received 31 Jul 2025Cavendish Arms, Cavendish Street, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QA
Received 9 May 20223 Pear Tree Cottages, Bankfield Road, KENDAL, LA9 4LA
Received 24 Aug 2020Greaves, Popplemire Lane, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NA
Received 2 Dec 2022CARLETON PARK, CARLETON, PENRITH
Received 3 Jul 20202 FOREST HOUSE, WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QX
Received 14 Jul 2020COOPERATIVE SUPERMARKET, MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3HS
Received 19 Jun 2019Land to the south of Haggs Lane Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11
Received 21 Jan 2022Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 24 Jun 2021Agricultural land Rommano Way, Newbiggin, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RJ
Received 18 Jul 2023CROWDUNDLE PARK FARM, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QD
Received 2 Jun 202117 Sunnyside KENDAL LA9 7DJ
Received 4 Apr 2024Sequana, 44 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AP
Received 20 Feb 2023WEST GARTH, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 28 Sept 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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