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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
BARN TO THE RIGHT OF STAINTON HILL, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 22 Jul 20151 Urswick Road ULVERSTON LA12 9LG
Received 16 Apr 202438 Longmeadow Lane, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QZ
Received 25 Nov 2019Land at A6 and B5306 Bowscar Penrith CA11 8RR
Received 20 Jun 2025Byer at Birdby Farmhouse Cliburn Penrith CA10 3AW
Received 30 Jun 2025White Gate Caravan Park Long Marton Appleby CA16 6BU
Received 7 Mar 2024Land to South East of Birkrigg Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 0UB
Received 20 Jul 2022OS Field nos 1737 and 1841 to the north of Boon Town, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH
Received 21 Jul 2021The Barn, Eden Mount, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6BZ
Received 18 May 2016Vestry at the United Reformed Church, 104 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 12 Dec 2022Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from, Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL, LA9 5TR
Received 1 Feb 2021Sunny Bank Farm Grayrigg KENDAL LA8 9BU
Received 31 Mar 2025WINTER TARN, NEWBY, CA10 3EW
Received 16 Jul 2020ESPLAND FARM, BRACKENBER, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LP
Received 28 Aug 2018Carus Green Golf Clubhouse, Burneside Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6EB
Received 4 Dec 2015Orchard Cottage, 40 Leighton Beck Road, Slack Head, CARNFORTH, LA7 7AX
Received 6 Oct 20221 Robby Lea Drive, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QP
Received 4 Mar 2021LAND NORTH OF CORNERSTONE COTTAGE, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DG
Received 13 Feb 2020Ulverston Railway Station Station Approach ULVERSTON LA12 0DP
Received 11 Sept 202411 CROFT AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 7RF
Received 6 May 2022Former Gas Holder Site, Mill Brow, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AT
Received 30 Sept 2016Land adjacent North Lodge Crooklands MILNTHORPE LA7 7NP
Received 16 Apr 2026STAINTON HILL, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 27 Jun 2017Brooklyn House Stainton PENRITH CA11 0EP
Received 4 Aug 2026Records 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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