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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,213 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24-25 Devonshire Street PENRITH CA11 7ST
Received 1 Apr 2025Low Levens Farm Levens KENDAL LA8 8EH
Received 5 May 2026POPLIN DUB, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UT
Received 15 Mar 2021WOODSIDE FARM, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2AP
Received 27 Mar 2018Hill Barn, Sharps Lane, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9AU
Received 4 Mar 20211 North Green, ULVERSTON, LA12 0UL
Received 14 Jul 2022HIGH PARK HOUSE, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DE
Received 6 Oct 202011 Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BD
Received 14 Aug 2023Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HD
Received 19 Dec 2019Old Bank Cottage, The Square, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LX
Received 18 Jun 2018INTACK FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LH
Received 31 Jan 2023Cedric Walk GRANGE-OVER-SANDS Cumbria LA11 7DG
Received 20 Dec 202419 Beckside, KENDAL, LA9 7PF
Received 21 Aug 2019AGRICULTURAL FIELD ADJACENT AGRICULTURAL BUILDING, BOWSCAR, PENRITH
Received 6 Jan 201750 Church Street, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DZ
Received 25 Jun 202013 Stonecross Green KENDAL LA9 5HL
Received 16 Nov 2023HADDERDALE, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ES
Received 19 Jun 202351 VERONA, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LE
Received 1 Sept 2023ROAD HEAD FARM, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PB
Received 7 Nov 2022Kendal Parish Church Kirkland KENDAL LA9 5AF
Received 21 Nov 2025Birks, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EJ
Received 25 Nov 2021Wood End Farm, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 7 Feb 2022Hall Beck House Ainstable CARLISLE CA4 9QB
Received 30 Jun 2026Ullswater House, Foxfield Road, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6EZ
Received 2 Oct 2018Records 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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