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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,175 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ROWCLIFFE HOUSE, CROWN SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7AB
Received 11 Dec 20193 WARDWAY FOOT, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PX
Received 14 Aug 2023Macey Bank Southwaite CARLISLE CA4 0NX
Received 10 Nov 2025277 Valley Drive Kendal Cumbria LA9 7SJ
Received 9 Jan 202514 Croft Terrace PENRITH CA11 7RR
Received 3 Feb 2026SPRINGTHWAITE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QX
Received 27 Feb 2017Westmorland General Hospital, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7RG
Received 8 Nov 20212 Winter House Morland PENRITH CA10 3BJ
Received 28 May 2026SANDFORD ARMS, SANDFORD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NR
Received 17 Mar 2022Staingarth, Cardrona Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EW
Received 6 Dec 2022MOSS THORN FARM, PALLET HILL, PENRITH, CA11 0BY
Received 11 Jan 2018THISTLEWOOD TOWER, DALSTON, CARLISLE, CA5 7DS
Received 28 Apr 2020Land north of Sycamore Close, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0NY
Received 13 Sept 2017PROSPECT HILL, 37 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UQ
Received 25 Feb 2021Rock View,The Square, Allithwaite, Cumbria, LA11 7QF
Received 9 Nov 2015Hill Top, Silverdale Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AB
Received 5 Dec 2019Oaklands, Allithwaite Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EN
Received 13 Oct 202022-24 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AG
Received 10 Nov 2017Roker, Main Street, Burton In Kendal, Carnforth, LA6 1LL
Received 18 Oct 201646 Wordsworth Street Penrith CA11 7QY
Received 9 Jun 2025The Reading Room Nenthead Alston CA9 3PL
Received 30 Apr 2026Skelwith, Lyndene Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QP
Received 7 Apr 2021Stepping Stones, 55 Redhills Road, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0AU
Received 30 Jun 2015Endcliffe, Eden Mount, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BZ
Received 12 Nov 2019Records 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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