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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,195 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Aldercroft, KENDAL, LA9 5BQ
Received 4 Oct 201931 Cartmel Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PF
Received 22 Sept 2023ROOKBY FARM, ROOKBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HX
Received 5 Mar 2021Land East of A6 Shap PENRITH CA10 3QG
Received 17 Jun 2024Land adj 10 Meeting House Lane Tirril PENRITH CA10 2JU
Received 27 May 2025Nearbeck Rake Lane ULVERSTON LA12 0HB
Received 18 Mar 2025Swinburn House Berrier Road Greystoke Penrith CA11 0UE
Received 28 Aug 2026SEWBORWENS FARM, NEWTON ROAD, NEWTON RIGG, PENRITH, CA11 0AG
Received 21 Sept 20231 School House Winton Kirkby Stephen CA17 4HP
Received 29 Sept 2026Land at Lupton Mill Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PW
Received 3 Oct 2025Land opposite Sun Inn Cottage, Lady Moyra Incline, Beckside , KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7TQ
Received 5 Aug 2016WELL COTTAGE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 31 Oct 2016Nook Farm, Colt House Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SG
Received 21 Feb 201824 HOWARD PARK, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TU
Received 7 Oct 20205 Captain French Lane, Kendal, LA9 4HP
Received 29 Sept 201550 Priory Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BJ
Received 22 Nov 20228 Bective Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2BG
Received 7 Nov 2016Shap Blue Quarry & Works Shap Penrith CA10 3QW
Received 14 May 2024BIRKFELL, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JW
Received 7 Aug 2023Castlehead Field Centre Castlehead Lindale GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6QT
Received 5 Dec 2024Midtown Stainton Penrith CA11 0EP
Received 15 Sept 2025Parish Hall, Kirkland, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5AF
Received 30 Mar 2015WINTER TARN, NEWBY, CA10 3EW
Received 22 Feb 2021Lyndene, Lyndene Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QP
Received 7 Jul 2020Records 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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