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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North East of Bleagate Farm ALSTON CA9 3UL
Received 3 Sept 2026Marl Business Park Morecambe Road ULVERSTON LA12 9BN
Received 3 Jul 2026The Dingle, Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6AF
Received 10 Sept 2019Appleby War Memorial Swimming Pool Chapel Street APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6QR
Received 10 May 2024Royal British Legion, 10 - 12 Brogden Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AH
Received 3 Sept 202154 CARLETON DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 8JR
Received 23 Jun 2016Lonsdale House Hotel 11 Daltongate ULVERSTON LA12 7BD
Received 21 May 2024DUTCH BARN, HIGH FIELD FARM, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2LG
Received 3 Aug 20205 & 6 Blenketside, Jack Hill, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RY
Received 21 Jan 2021PHEASANT BUSH BARN, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HX
Received 10 Aug 2023Land South of Lumley Road, KENDAL, LA9 5FH
Received 6 May 2020Yewbarrow Main Street Grange-over-sands LA11 6EB
Received 8 Jan 2026BARN AT ROOKBY SCARTH, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HU
Received 16 Jun 2022Plot immediately to south of Moss Hall, Carr Bank Road, Carr Bank, Milnthorpe, CARNFORTH, LA7 7LB
Received 3 Aug 2018HOW HILL, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 29 Jul 2021Flat 1 Colesberg, Church Hill, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0DJ
Received 20 Feb 2023McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 71 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4LT
Received 28 Sept 2017LAND OFF CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH
Received 24 Jul 2020Old Hall Farm Old Hall Road ULVERSTON LA12 7PA
Received 4 Oct 20242 High Fellside KENDAL LA9 4JG
Received 15 Jan 2025Nook Farm Bungalow, Colt House Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SG
Received 3 Jun 2019Yewrake, 7 Birch Grove, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BQ
Received 9 Jan 2019Hill Farm House, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SS
Received 23 Dec 2019Lakes Lodge, Castlehead, LINDALE, LA11 6QS
Received 19 May 2017Records 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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