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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,143 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maughanby Farm Little Salkeld PENRITH CA10 1NP
Received 27 Aug 2024LAND OFF CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH
Received 2 Feb 2021Plot 2 Church Road Levens KENDAL LA8 8PN
Received 8 Dec 2023Former Newton Rigg Campus Newton Rigg Penrith CA11 0AH
Received 10 Feb 2025BRACKENBER HOUSE, BRACKENBER, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LP
Received 15 Mar 2021ISLE OF MAN WOOD, SKELTON, UNTHANK, CA11 9TF
Received 10 May 2022Crabtree Farm, Cow Brow, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PJ
Received 4 Aug 2016CONDENSERGAPP BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
Received 13 Jul 2021Wood Lee, Leighton Drive, Slackhead, ARNSIDE, LA7 7BE
Received 22 Sept 201614 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AH
Received 12 Jan 202153 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 17 Oct 20161 Holme Park New Hutton KENDAL LA8 0AE
Received 15 Apr 2025ROCKERY FARM, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PJ
Received 17 Dec 2021FIELD AT MAIDENHILL, SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8SQ
Received 21 Aug 2019Silverhow, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EG
Received 19 Sept 2017NEWSHAM FARM, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XX
Received 16 Aug 2017Middle Row, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 10 Feb 2020HUNTER HALL SCHOOL, PENRITH, CA11 8UA
Received 13 May 2021LAND ADJ FELL VIEW, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PS
Received 7 Sept 2015HIGHWAYS, STATION ROAD, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AE
Received 18 Jun 20191 SAND CROFT, PENRITH, CA11 8BB
Received 13 Dec 201827 Carter Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AN
Received 4 Jan 20211 Sunnyside, KENDAL, LA9 7DJ
Received 15 Sept 2017Outside 7 Briery Bank Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0HW
Received 13 Mar 2024Records 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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