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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.
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,170 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Erquy Brigsteer Road Levens Kendal LA8 8NU
Received 3 Feb 2025Plumpton Head Farm Plumpton Penrith CA11 9NP
Received 7 Apr 2026Meg Bank Stainton PENRITH CA11 0EE
Received 20 May 2025LAND EAST OF THE THORPE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TJ
Received 9 Mar 20216 Ford Terrace, KENDAL, LA9 5RB
Received 10 Oct 2016Wharton House The Square, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6QB
Received 1 Sept 201546A WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 9 Jun 2021Kirkhouse Farm Milburn PENRITH CA10 1TJ
Received 24 Oct 2025Former Lowe Alpine premises, Ann Street, KENDAL, LA9 6AA
Received 16 Jun 2017Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 7 Sept 202372 Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HN
Received 2 Aug 2016Abbeville The Square Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QE
Received 10 Mar 2025WOODLAND ADJ MELMERBY HALL, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HB
Received 4 Jul 20187, Yard 26, Kirkland, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5AD
Received 11 Nov 201512 - 14 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4ND
Received 22 Sept 2022Glenholme Fernleigh Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7HN
Received 31 Jul 202650 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 28 May 2020MILBURN HOUSE, BOWSCAR ROAD, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9NW
Received 25 Jul 2019Branthouse, Woodhouse, Heversham, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7NQ
Received 26 Jan 2016Stoney Cragg Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PS
Received 5 May 2020WREAY VILLA COTTAGE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LB
Received 15 Nov 2016Harewood House Milburn PENRITH CA10 1TL
Received 5 Dec 20233 Field Head Place, FLOOKBURGH, LA11 7LW
Received 3 Jul 2018Moss House, Burton, CARNFORTH, LA5 9RP
Received 25 Aug 2022Records 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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