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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
11 Longpool, KENDAL, LA9 6ER
Received 20 Jan 2017The Coach House, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PJ
Received 1 Dec 2015Stone Cross Mansion, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RY
Received 27 Apr 201540 Trinity Drive, Holme, Carnforth, LA6 1QL
Received 16 Sept 2016FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, MEETING HOUSE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7TR
Received 5 Mar 2018Manor Barn High Street KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4SH
Received 2 May 2024Croft Avenue Residential Care Home Croft Avenue Penrith CA11 7RJ
Received 29 Nov 2024AKEY GATE FARM, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3BJ
Received 23 Nov 2020Castle Mount Burton Road OXENHOLME LA9 7PR
Received 27 Mar 2025Croftlands House, Rake Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NG
Received 29 Mar 2021Unit 2a J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FP
Received 20 Feb 2018Land west of the A595 School Road KITKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7TL
Received 16 Feb 2024THE BARN, MOTHERBY, PENRITH, CA11 0RL
Received 21 May 2019Langtree, Albert Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7EZ
Received 5 Aug 2019ROAD HEAD FARM, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PB
Received 15 Dec 2017SWANSON HOUSE, MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BL
Received 9 Apr 2021Mountain View Gatebeck KENDAL LA8 0HS
Received 14 Apr 202633 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AH
Received 15 Apr 2022CROSSFELL HOUSE, MILBURN, CA10 1TW
Received 19 May 2020FAR END COTTAGE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QL
Received 24 Aug 2016Grange C Of E School 4 Fell Drive GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JF
Received 30 Jul 2026LAND ADJACENT FELL VIEW, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PS
Received 9 Aug 2019MILBURN COURT, MILBURN, PENRITH
Received 3 Aug 2016Scratchmill Scar Woodland Plumpton PENRITH CA11 9PF
Received 11 Mar 2026Records 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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