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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
21 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XF
Received 26 Oct 2015Arnside Tennis Club, Arnside Memorial Playing Field, Silverdale Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HR
Received 22 Aug 2023Rowan Cottage, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 8 Mar 2021Land off Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, LA9 5DZ
Received 23 Oct 2020LAND BETWEEN GAYTHORN AND WEST VIEW, CLIBURN
Received 23 Aug 2021High Park Nursery, Oxenholme, Kendal, LA9 7RE
Received 13 Aug 2015Upper 3 floors 53 Highgate KENDAL LA9 4ED
Received 10 Jul 2024PENRITH HOSPITAL, BRIDGE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8HX
Received 18 Dec 2019SCAR TOP FARM, MILBURN ROAD, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1TD
Received 3 May 201864 Sunderland Terrace, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JY
Received 1 Mar 2018CROGLIN HIGH HALL, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9SG
Received 2 Mar 202332 THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH, CA11 8TF
Received 30 May 2023POTLANDS HOUSE, SOUTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SY
Received 30 Aug 2016Linden Lea Soutergate KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7TP
Received 20 Jun 2024CARLETON HEIGHTS, PENRITH, CA11 8TZ
Received 17 Nov 2022Old Parks Kirkoswald PENRITH CA10 1DY
Received 27 Aug 2024Land between Swynways and Thackmoor Old Town High Hesket CARLISLE CA4 0JE
Received 27 Sept 2024LAND OFF CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH
Received 18 Feb 2020SILVERBAND MINE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SITE, GREAT DUN FELL, KNOCK, APPLEBY, CA16 6DL
Received 4 Nov 2021EAST VIEW, REAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3ER
Received 23 Aug 2021140 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HW
Received 5 May 2017Bank Hurst, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 26 Mar 202149 Broad Ing Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 6HA
Received 2 Feb 2021The Globe Hotel, 10 Queen Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7AF
Received 20 Feb 2016Records 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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