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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,218 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Longlands View, KENDAL, LA9 6HJ
Received 26 Jul 2016Kings Arms Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 1SB
Received 19 Sept 202522 Carleton Drive PENRITH CA11 8JP
Received 29 Jun 202646 Marne Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LH
Received 7 Oct 2021THE TOOL HOUSE, HWITH, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LL
Received 31 Mar 201614 Bellingham Road KENDAL LA9 5JW
Received 31 Jan 2025LOW BLACKBURN BANK, LEADGATE, ALSTON, CA9 3BU
Received 10 Jul 2015HAYRIGGS, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RH
Received 9 Dec 2019LAND AT PEA FOOT, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 31 Jul 201745A BURROWGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TA
Received 2 Aug 202115 CUMBERLAND CLOSE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EN
Received 9 Apr 20182 Kent Lea, Kentrigg, KENDAL, LA9 6ED
Received 26 Mar 2018LOW FELL, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7UW
Received 22 Dec 2015109 Sedbergh Road, Kendal, LA9 6BG
Received 17 Apr 2015HERDWICK HOUSE, DYKEHEADS, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PY
Received 25 Jan 2023Land at Crackenthorpe Crackenthorpe APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6AF
Received 5 Feb 20252 Bankfield Garden, KENDAL, LA9 5DX
Received 17 Feb 2020Park House Milburn Penrith CA10 1TN
Received 11 Feb 202624 Kirkland KENDAL LA9 5AD
Received 28 Apr 2025Far Bank End Coupland Beck Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6LN
Received 21 Oct 2025Ruby's Chinese Take Away, 68 Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LR
Received 3 Aug 2022GRASSRIGG, ST MICHAELS LANE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UH
Received 3 Jan 2017The Stables, Colt House Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SG
Received 7 Aug 2019STREET HEAD FARM, LOW BRAITHWAITE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NG
Received 12 Oct 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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