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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Pastures, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 4 Aug 2016Allotment land north of Hare and Hounds Pub, Church Road, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8PP
Received 1 May 2019Prospect House Greenodd ULVERSTON LA12 7RG
Received 12 Sept 2025Land North of Union Close ULVERSTON LA12
Received 20 Mar 2025HILLSIDE FARM, BROADFIELD, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LN
Received 14 Jun 2023Waterside and Aynam Road, KENDAL
Received 9 May 2023Fern Cottage, Burton Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QN
Received 18 May 2020WEST VIEW, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 29 May 2015Phase 3, Strawberry Fields, KENDAL, LA9 7TA
Received 26 Oct 2020JUBILEE HOUSE, EAMONT PARK, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BN
Received 5 Jun 2017Steen Heights, Windermere Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6EG
Received 14 Jan 2017Crossdale, High Biggins, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2NP
Received 12 Jan 20183 Undercliff Road KENDAL LA9 4PS
Received 23 Feb 2024Kendal Day Centre, Dowkers Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HD
Received 2 May 2018Low Fell, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6PH
Received 29 Mar 2023Newland View, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QJ
Received 23 Feb 2017Wray Farm, Docker, KENDAL, LA8 0DB
Received 7 Apr 2021Unit 1 Phoenix Trading Estate, Shap road, KENDAL, LA9 6NZ
Received 31 Aug 2018LAND AT VIOLET BANK FARM, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 7 Dec 2017Yew Tree Cottage, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NF
Received 24 Jul 2017Mole Country Stores, North Lonsdale Industrial Estate, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DN
Received 20 Feb 2018Beech Cottage, 34 Cart Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AF
Received 3 Mar 202218,26,28,30 Hawthorn Way, KENDAL, LA9 7TD
Received 10 Jan 2023Heather Cottage Warcop APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6PF
Received 24 Oct 2025Records 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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