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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,226 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
4 KELLS SPRING, CLICKHAM, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0BZ
Received 11 Jul 201975 Lingmoor Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7NR
Received 11 Jun 2021INGLEWOOD EDGE FARM, DALSTON, CARLISLE, CA5 7ED
Received 23 May 2017Singleton Park Farm, Kendal, LA9 6PE
Received 27 Jul 2015SOUTH OF GREENCASTLE TARN, ALSTON
Received 20 Feb 2017Former Enterprise Rent A Car, Station Yard, KENDAL, LA9 6BT
Received 14 Feb 2020LOWER TODHILLS POLE BARN, LOWER TODHILLS, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HP
Received 28 Apr 2020LAND AT LEITH CLOSE, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AJ
Received 23 Nov 2017COPPER BEECH LODGE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3QX
Received 15 Nov 202129 Plantation Avenue, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HU
Received 22 Dec 2016Dale View, Patton, KENDAL, LA8 9DR
Received 15 Oct 2020Cooperative Supermarket, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EY
Received 6 Sept 201714 Finley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6DN
Received 15 Apr 2021Town and Village Green Area, Kendal Fell, KENDAL
Received 26 Jul 20231 SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8QL
Received 6 Apr 20211 Birchfield, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0JA
Received 5 May 202344 High Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4JG
Received 24 Aug 2020Land adjacent The Old School Tebay Penrith CA10 3TP
Received 31 Mar 2026HSBC, The Square, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7QR
Received 22 May 2015Wayside Flat & Units 1 & 2 Unsworth's Yard, Ford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PN
Received 17 Dec 2019The Blacking Mill, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 10 Oct 2016SITE ADJ THE EXISTING MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY, FLUSCO LANDFILL SITE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH
Received 30 Nov 20165 JUBILEE LODGE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7SQ
Received 2 Nov 2016Brantfield, Mount Pleasant, Greenodd, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RF
Received 13 Mar 2017Records 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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