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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
NEWLANDS, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 22 May 202392 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 25 Jun 201816 Ruskin Drive Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DB
Received 28 Sept 2026TOLL BAR COTTAGE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HR
Received 2 Dec 2016Plumpton Old Hall Farm Plumpton Penrith CA11 9NP
Received 28 May 202532 JACOBITE GARDENS, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2FG
Received 23 Aug 2022Holly Hill Skelton PENRITH CA11 9UA
Received 26 Apr 20247 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TT
Received 26 May 20205-6 DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7SR
Received 4 Aug 2021Land off Fairthorns Road, New Hutton, KENDAL
Received 15 Oct 2018Hartwell House, Priest Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PU
Received 6 Dec 2019UNIT 2A, HAWESWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EH
Received 21 Nov 2018118-120 Highgate KENDAL LA9 4HE
Received 25 Feb 2026Oxenber, Woodside Road, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0HE
Received 25 Oct 20181 Brewery Mount, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7JD
Received 4 May 2022APPLEBY WAR MEMORIAL SWIMMING POOL, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 21 Dec 2022Beetham C Of E School, Stanley Street, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AS
Received 17 Jul 2019LIMEKILN NOOK, SEBERGHAM, CARLISLE, CA5 7DY
Received 30 Jul 2016WORDSWORTH HOUSE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JT
Received 21 Sept 2022PEMBROKE HOUSE FARM, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE
Received 11 Jul 2019Newland Green Farm, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QF
Received 22 Sept 2020Little Aynam House Canal Head North KENDAL LA9 7AH
Received 20 Aug 2025LIMEKILN NOOK, SEBERGHAM, CARLISLE, CA5 7DY
Received 10 Jun 202125 Dallam Drive, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LL
Received 17 Dec 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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