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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.
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,143 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Craig Helen, Lyndene Drive, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6QP
Received 6 Feb 2017GREENLANDS, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NU
Received 16 Dec 2019Memorial Playing Fields Yew Tree Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AB
Received 31 Jul 202562 Rusland Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LZ
Received 21 Jun 2023THE PELICAN, CHURCH ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TW
Received 27 Feb 20233 Lound Square, KENDAL, LA9 7EF
Received 19 Dec 2018Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 2 Jul 2021Building south of Strawberry Bank, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9JU
Received 12 Mar 20192 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AX
Received 2 Jul 20182 Orchard Croft, Whassett, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DN
Received 29 Dec 2020Land opposite Banner Riggs, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NA
Received 20 Jan 2020Scales Hall Renwick Penrith CA10 1JE
Received 2 Jan 2024Netherhouses Farm Broughton Beck Ulverston LA12 7PR
Received 18 Dec 2023The Thatch, Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 19 Jul 2021Pipers Lane, Clawthorpe, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 1NX
Received 24 Jun 2020Greaves Popplemire Lane Old Hutton KENDAL LA8 0NA
Received 16 Jan 2025EAST VIEW, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 23 Oct 2015Walthwaite, Marton, ULVERSTON, LA12 0NU
Received 4 Dec 2019Cragmere Lyndene Drive GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6QP
Received 15 Sept 2025MANOR HOUSE, MELLBECKS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AB
Received 7 Dec 20178 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 13 Nov 2015Grange Hotel Station Square Grange-Over-Sands LA11 6EJ
Received 22 Apr 2026CHRISTOPHERS COTTAGE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NX
Received 18 Feb 201678 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 28 Aug 2018Records 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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