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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,151 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land off The A66 Brougham PENRITH CA10 2AB
Received 26 Jan 2024Change Bridge House, Garden Road, KENDAL, LA9 7ED
Received 14 Oct 2019Zenith, Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PT
Received 16 Mar 2018Near Deerslet, Burton In Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1JG
Received 27 Feb 2023HIGH BUILDINGS, SEBERGHAM, CA5 7EB
Received 24 May 2019Land adjacent to Village Green Plot 352a Little Musgrave KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4PQ
Received 14 Aug 2024CLOGSTEPS BARN, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NP
Received 20 May 2022HYCUP HOUSE, STATION ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TX
Received 30 Sept 2020FORMER ARMSTRONG AND FLEMING SITE, GARAGE ROPER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 8HT
Received 8 Aug 2019OLD MILL HOUSE BARN, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HY
Received 4 Jul 2022Skirrygill Farm Skirrygill South Stainmore Kirkby Stephen CA17 4EU
Received 7 Nov 2025Springs View High Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2NP
Received 10 Dec 2024Undercragg, Charney Well Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DB
Received 17 May 2021Cumbria County Council, LAND AT SKIRSGILL DEPOT, SKIRSGILL LANE, PENRITH, CA10 2BL
Received 2 May 2018OS Field No 7040 Moss Lane, Holme
Received 29 Oct 2015Brown Robin, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EU
Received 23 Jun 20224 The Green, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NH
Received 8 Jul 2022Land adjacent 5 The Thorpe Greystoke Penrith CA11 0TJ
Received 2 Oct 2025Land near Little Low Wood Lamonby PENRITH CA11 9SS
Received 20 Aug 20241 Meadowside Close, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EJ
Received 21 Jun 20185 OVERWOOD PLACE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RN
Received 24 Jun 202254 Arthur Street Penrith CA11 7TU
Received 17 Jun 202414 JUNIPER WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8UF
Received 3 Feb 202333 Underwood, KENDAL, LA9 5EB
Received 8 Aug 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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