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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Wreaks End Causeway Bridge on the A595 Broughton-in-Furness LA20
Received 6 Mar 2026Devenant House Main Street Burton-In-Kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1LR
Received 22 Jul 2026Land North of Whatron House HESKET NEWMARKET CA7 8HT
Received 20 Aug 2024FIELD TO THE SOUTH OF SKELTON, SKELTON, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 0AN
Received 11 Jun 2021The Eddington Kendal (former United Reformed Church) Highgate KENDAL LA9 4HE
Received 14 Mar 2024Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 26 Sept 20173 Hayfell Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7JP
Received 11 Mar 202169 Fairgarth Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FB
Received 15 Feb 2017Kirkby Stephen Local Links, , THE OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, VICARAGE LANE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QX
Received 20 Apr 2022BECKSIDE VIEW, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 14 Oct 2016WIEND HOUSE, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EJ
Received 28 May 2020BROAD MEADOWS, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HA
Received 29 Sept 201627 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PE
Received 7 Nov 2016St Catherines Virgin And Martyr Church Drovers Lane Penrith CA11 9EL
Received 13 Jun 202514 Cedar Grove, KENDAL, LA9 5BL
Received 6 Oct 2020Lakeland Leisure Park Moor Lane, Flookburgh, Cumbria, LA11 7LT
Received 24 Sept 201535 Jutland Avenue, RAVENSTOWN, LA11 7LF
Received 6 Sept 2017CROFT VIEW, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0EU
Received 22 Nov 2019P V Dobson and Sons, Bridge End Garage, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EL
Received 8 Apr 2016WHITE HOUSE, HOFF, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TA
Received 17 Jun 20205 Cavendish Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 20 Jul 2018WOODEND, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LB
Received 1 Dec 202010 Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0AU
Received 18 May 2018The Coach House / Stables, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 29 Aug 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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