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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE COTTAGE, BISHOP YARDS, PENRITH, CA11 7XU
Received 29 Mar 201714 Barn Holme KENDAL LA9 5LP
Received 3 Oct 2025Land known as Carleton Heights Penrith
Received 18 Apr 2024Spring House, Scales, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PF
Received 28 Sept 2018Unit 8, Lightburn Trading Estate, Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NE
Received 24 Oct 2023Channel House Farm, Pennington, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NY
Received 23 Dec 2019Yonder Barn (Badger Barn), Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9EA
Received 17 Aug 2016Land South of Highfield Lodge Bongate Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6UE
Received 16 Mar 2026Storth Ltd, Moss Lane, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HR
Received 8 Oct 2018ID 55 & 56 Applecross & Locker Holme Templands Lane Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QX
Received 23 Dec 2024LINDEN HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 10 Aug 2022Dalegarth, Mascalles, ULVERSTON, LA12 0TQ
Received 21 Dec 2020Apartment 1 Penbury House Beacon Edge PENRITH CA11 7BD
Received 8 Sept 2026Thornthwaite, 2 Yew Tree Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AA
Received 25 Apr 2023BARN TO THE SOUTH-WEST OF ARTLEGARTH, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NW
Received 13 Jun 2016BARTONS FARM, THOMAS CLOSE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QF
Received 30 Jul 202053 Bellingham Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JY
Received 24 May 2022Land to the south east of Fowl Ing Works, Fowl Ing Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6PH
Received 8 Nov 2021Larch House 7c Sedbergh Road KENDAL LA9 6AD
Received 16 Feb 20261 Dobbie Bank, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PX
Received 9 Nov 2018Helm View Milnthorpe Road KENDAL LA9 5RJ
Received 3 Jul 2024SOUTHWAITE MOTORWAY SERVICES AREA SOUTH, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0NT
Received 6 May 2022Moss House, Burton, CARNFORTH, LA5 9RP
Received 13 Feb 2023CARLETON MANOR PARK, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 11 May 2015Records 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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