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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARK MILL, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 6 Jun 2016SWAN COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 17 Nov 2017GILLSES FARM, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4DJ
Received 17 Aug 2021LAND ADJACENT TO SOWERBY LODGE, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 24 Apr 2017Land at Ulverston Golf Club, White Ghyll Lane, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QR
Received 3 Jul 20173 Mowings Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DB
Received 12 Jan 2022ICOLD ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UJ
Received 8 Sept 2016Units 86 - 94, The Mart, Appleby Road, KENDAL, LA9 6ES
Received 9 Feb 2016Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL, LA9
Received 13 Jul 2021Brownthwaite, Kearstwick, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2ED
Received 18 Dec 2015Land Adjacent the Outdoor Activity Center Center Parcs Whinfell PENRITH CA10 2DW
Received 15 Jul 2024Land to the east of Inglewood Terrace, Foxfield, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BX
Received 29 Jul 2022The Den, Kings Arms Yard, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BP
Received 15 Jan 201846 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 28 Oct 2022GARTH HOUSE, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 22 Aug 2016Amenity open grassed land adjacent to 73 Lingmoor Rise Kendal LA9 7NR
Received 4 Jul 20251 Mart Close Barn, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9LF
Received 6 May 201623 Rydal Mount, KENDAL, LA9 4RS
Received 6 May 20222 Bailey Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 9AY
Received 5 Nov 2019The Old Police Station & Courthouse Neville Street ULVERSTON LA12 7UJ
Received 25 Mar 2026Jakeys Wood, Land north east of Warth fish pond, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HY
Received 29 Sept 2022MOSS BANK POULTRY, , MOSS BANK, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 12 Jul 201825 Willow Close PENRITH CA11 8TH
Received 7 May 20251A PORTHOUSE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8QB
Received 2 Jan 2018Records 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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