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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,147 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37A Castle Street, KENDAL, LA9 7AD
Received 30 Mar 2016SOUTHWAITE HILL COTTAGE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0EW
Received 26 Aug 201670 Kentsford Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 18 Mar 2019LOW GRASSGILL, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QB
Received 18 Aug 2016SOUTH VIEW COTTAGE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DF
Received 27 Sept 2021CHRIST CROFT, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DB
Received 16 May 201616 Oxlands Station Road Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1RG
Received 3 Mar 202512 Cavendish Street ULVERSTON LA12 7AD
Received 23 Jul 20252 Lightburn Road ULVERSTON LA12 0AU
Received 29 Apr 2024Black Barn Yanwath Hall Farm Yanwath PENRITH CA10 2LF
Received 1 Dec 20257 Bective Road Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2BG
Received 4 Dec 2023Carr Bank Cottage, Carr Bank Road, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LE
Received 21 Mar 2018Old Farm Cottage, 3 Whinfield Farm, Ulverston, LA12 0LE
Received 30 Jul 2015LAND AT WHITBARROW FARM, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XB
Received 9 Apr 20195 Fell View Trading Park, KENDAL, LA9 6NZ
Received 18 Jul 2016Kendal College, Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5AY
Received 9 Mar 2022College Green Farm, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EZ
Received 3 Apr 202368 Lingmoor Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7NU
Received 24 Feb 2021Barn on Land on the East of Spring Bank Rd, Spring Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6HA
Received 30 Jul 2021Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9AS
Received 8 Nov 2015West View House, 17 Fernhill Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7JD
Received 24 Mar 2017Douglas House Bongate APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6HW
Received 5 Feb 2024Hill Top View, Laverock Hill, Mealbank, KENDAL, LA8 9EP
Received 13 Mar 201817 MEETING HOUSE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7TR
Received 26 Sept 2022Records 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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