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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,201 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fairways Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AQ
Received 9 Feb 2024BIRCHWOOD, NUNCLOSE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TN
Received 2 Jul 2015THE IVYS, DOOMGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RB
Received 7 Dec 2015Adj Yewbarrow Coach House, Main Street, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EB
Received 11 Oct 202229 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2AH
Received 27 Feb 201534 Stonecross Road KENDAL LA9 5HR
Received 3 Apr 202525 Market Street, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JU
Received 22 Sept 2022FIR BANK, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BJ
Received 5 Mar 2021Stone Cross Mansion, Daltongate, Ulverston
Received 15 Feb 201753b Carter Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AG
Received 27 Jun 2023Land adj to the B6413 Croglin Carlisle CA4 9SJ
Received 17 Sept 2025BARN CROFT, CHAPEL STREET, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 6 May 2016Hollingarth Queens Road KENDAL LA9 4PH
Received 1 Sept 2025Land to West of A595, Dove Bank, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7XD
Received 10 Dec 2019Land North of Roxane UK Ltd Armathwaite CARLISLE CA4 9TU
Received 25 Jun 20242 Hallier How, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SJ
Received 24 Nov 202012 Springfield, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BT
Received 23 Aug 2021Outside 1 Curson Rise, 117 Valley Drive and 7 Birkbeck Close Kendal LA9
Received 18 Aug 202511 & 12 Hutton Close Burton-in-Kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1NR
Received 16 Feb 2026Retail unit (Moorland Stores) Alder House School Road KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7TF
Received 18 Mar 20253 The Square East, The Square, BURTON-IN-KENDAL, LA6 1LX
Received 4 Jul 2018Plum Tree House Newby PENRITH CA10 3EX
Received 27 Aug 2024POPLIN DUB, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UT
Received 17 Aug 2015YARD KITCHEN, BRUNSWICK YARD, BRUNSWICK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JU
Received 20 Mar 2017Records 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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