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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Newbiggin Farm Newbiggin CARNFORTH LA6 2PL
Received 20 Nov 2025Land south of 8 Cross Lane Court, Cross Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DQ
Received 3 Dec 2018THE BLACK BULL, 36 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 1 Jul 20198 Romney Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5QT
Received 30 Jan 2023Newland Garage, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 19 May 2022Hall Field Farm Hesket Newmarket Wigton CA7 8HR
Received 17 Sept 2025Chestnut Cottage, Cowan Head, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9HQ
Received 13 Oct 20239 BURWAIN TERRACE, MAIN STREET, KIRKBY THORE, CA10 1UB
Received 27 Oct 2020Parklands, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA9 6PE
Received 20 Dec 2019APPLEGARTH, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 18 Jul 2022Brigholme, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HD
Received 31 Aug 2022LAND AT CHRIST CROFT, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AY
Received 9 Oct 201551 Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BX
Received 27 Oct 2020Brown Robin, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6EU
Received 14 Feb 2023Vodafone mast west of Middle Row Farm, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 29 Nov 202146 Kirkbie Green KENDAL LA9 7AJ
Received 3 Sept 2025Land to the rear of Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH
Received 12 Oct 2017MEG BANK FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 14 May 2018RAISGILL HALL, TEBAY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 3UB
Received 13 Aug 202171 Soutergate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7ES
Received 13 Sept 2019LAND OPPOSITE IVY HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QA
Received 30 Jul 2018Kow Bells Beckside Farm, Ulverston, LA12 7PE
Received 11 Sept 2015Arnold House Ivegill Carlisle CA4 0PW
Received 8 May 2025The Courthouse, Burneside Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4TJ
Received 1 Sept 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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