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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brantfield, Queens Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PH
Received 12 Jul 2021CHURCHGATES, FRONT STREET, ALSTON
Received 15 Oct 2018ASH BRAE, 8 LOW BYER PARK, ALSTON, CA9 3JW
Received 1 Mar 2021Land North of Biggins Hall, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 6 Oct 2020Hard Crag House, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7SR
Received 24 Jan 201810 HAWTHORN DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 8WF
Received 30 Jan 20184 Marshside, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UT
Received 15 Aug 2018Browns Quality Meats Diamond Buildings Pennington Lane Lindal-in-Furness ULVERSTON LA12 0LA
Received 7 Sept 20266 Airethwaite, KENDAL, LA9 4SP
Received 5 Oct 2020Peatgate Bolton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6AY
Received 18 Jun 2025Sainsburys, Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DL
Received 3 Aug 202044 Plantation Avenue, Arnside, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA5 0HX
Received 11 Jan 2016Natland Caravan Park Natland KENDAL LA9 7QT
Received 17 Dec 2024LAND TO THE REAR OF ELSEGHYLL COTTAGE, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HN
Received 24 Jun 202110 POPLAR PLACE, SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9HN
Received 3 Nov 2017106 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 7 Feb 2020Winderwath Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 2AG
Received 21 Feb 2025WARCOP HOUSE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NX
Received 4 Jan 2021Musgrave Hall Farm Skelton PENRITH CA11 9SE
Received 23 Oct 2025Rosedene, Leythey Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RR
Received 18 Jun 2021FOUL LOANING, ALSTON, CA9 3BD
Received 3 May 2016Street Record The Crescent GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6AW
Received 1 Mar 2024The Studio, Grange Promenade, GRANGE over SANDS
Received 14 Nov 2017109 Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DZ
Received 26 Aug 2016Records 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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