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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,137 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Cherry Tree Avenue, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HE
Received 29 Oct 2018BLUNDERFIELD EAST, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EX
Received 5 Jan 2017Land to the South of Willowsway Lodge, Willowsway Country Estate, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 29 Oct 2020LAND NORTH EAST OF NUTWOOD COTTAGE, HEADS NOOK, BRAMPTON, CA8 9DH
Received 9 Oct 2023Gleaston Castle Farm Gleaston ULVERSTON LA12 0QH
Received 3 Sept 20251 Templand Cottages Cartmel Road Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QZ
Received 10 Nov 20251A Kents Bank Apartments, Kentsford Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 5 Dec 2019Land off Beetham Road Milnthorpe LA7
Received 22 May 2026Flat 17 Sedgwick House Sedgwick KENDAL LA8 0JX
Received 11 Apr 2024INGLEHURST, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QA
Received 23 Feb 2018Appleby Grammar School Battlebarrow APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6XU
Received 9 Apr 2025Duck Pond Barn Sowerby Row Carlisle CA4 0QG
Received 3 Aug 202626 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 3 Sept 2018LAND TO REAR OF STAYNEGARTH, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 5 Sept 2022GILLSES FARM, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DJ
Received 25 Aug 2021LAUREL HOUSE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 20 Aug 2020Depot Parkside Road Kendal Cumbria LA9 7DU
Received 19 Dec 2024Highways Depot, Mintsfeet Road, KENDAL, LA9 6RX
Received 3 Nov 2021Alston Town Hall Front Street Alston CA9 3RF
Received 12 Apr 2024Agricultural land south of the James Cropper PLC Water treatment works, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6PU
Received 17 Dec 201917 Castle Road KENDAL Cumbria LA9 7AU
Received 20 Mar 20241 MEADOW CROFT, PENRITH, CA11 8EH
Received 30 Nov 20205 COCKELL HOUSE, DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9HF
Received 26 May 2022Land behind Moorfield House, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON
Received 24 Apr 2015Records 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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