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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,164 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ure Mill Old Hall Road ULVERSTON LA12 7DF
Received 26 Jun 20255 Kent Close, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HJ
Received 23 Aug 2016Mount Pleasant Farm Brough KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4DX
Received 22 May 2026HIGH HEAD CASTLE FARM, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PJ
Received 17 May 2021LAND AJACENT APPLEBY LEISURE CENTRE, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 4 May 2023Cockrigg Farm, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0DX
Received 19 Oct 2022UNIT 1 CROSSCROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY, CA16 6HX
Received 30 Jun 20153 King Street Penrith CA11 7AR
Received 8 Apr 2026LAND TO THE NORTH-WEST OF BEACON SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 8AJ
Received 2 Oct 2015The Vicarage, Woodhouse Lane, Heversham, Milnthorpe, LA7 7EW
Received 12 Aug 20166 locations around Highfield House, Great Urswick, DALTON-IN-FURNESS, LA15 8JG
Received 14 Feb 2022Murton Hall Murton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6ND
Received 27 Mar 2026Flat 1, Millom Court, Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AN
Received 11 Oct 201730 Trinkeld Avenue, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0XB
Received 10 Nov 2022The Fold, Mowing's Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DD
Received 11 Jul 2016Oakfield Farm, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NF
Received 23 Aug 2017FIELD NORTH OF HELM BAR, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 8 Aug 2018LAND WEST & SOUTH OF BOWSCAR SOLAR FARM, BOWSCAR ROAD, INGLEWOOD ROAD, PENRITH
Received 29 Jul 2015Low Wood Edge Farm Haverbrack MILNTHORPE LA7 7AJ
Received 12 Jul 202412 CARLETON DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 8JP
Received 9 Mar 2022FIELD TO THE SOUTH EAST OF NEWBY, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 22 Aug 2022Land to the north of Biggins Hall, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 5 Dec 2016Westfield, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DJ
Received 14 Oct 2019Somme Avenue Ravenstown GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7LJ
Received 11 Dec 2024Records 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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