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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,160 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 General Hospital, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7RG
Received 23 Dec 201639C Helme Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7JB
Received 12 May 202135-55 Finkle Street, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4AL
Received 20 Feb 2023Templand Cottage, Cartmel Road, Lower Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7QY
Received 26 Nov 2015Light Trees Barn North Stainmore KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4EX
Received 5 Jul 2021Springfield, Gilthwaiterigg Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6NT
Received 31 Jul 2015133 Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5EP
Received 12 Jun 2020Barclays Bank Plc Bank House 33 Market Street Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QN
Received 27 Feb 20241 Watchgate Selside KENDAL LA8 9JX
Received 7 Feb 2025White Ox Farm Inglewood Road Penrith
Received 27 Jan 2026BLEACH MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BH
Received 7 Aug 2015LAND EAST OF NENTHOLME, GOSSIPGATE, ALSTON
Received 20 Apr 2016Enerigg House, Aynsome Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PS
Received 30 May 2022Corner of Cliff Lane and Sepulchre Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4NJ
Received 19 Nov 2021VIOLET BANK FARMHOUSE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 22 Apr 2016Bargain Booze, 27 - 33 New Market Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LQ
Received 11 Dec 2018LIMEKILN NOOK, SEBERGHAM, CARLISLE, CA5 7DY
Received 10 Jun 2021Ashton House Beetham MILNTHORPE LA7 7AL
Received 7 May 2024ID 36 C5041 from Cartmel to Cark Cark-in-cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7NR
Received 23 Dec 2024Sunny Brea, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AA
Received 19 Nov 2021ASH HILL FARM, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 2AQ
Received 1 Jul 2020OMEGA PROTEINS LTD, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 21 Apr 2016In Yard Arnside Telephone Exchange, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AH
Received 24 Sept 2021Old Hall Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PA
Received 10 Apr 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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