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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dent Hostel Newton Rigg Estate Newton Rigg PENRITH CA11 0AA
Received 19 Feb 2026Frazers Wood Opposite Oak Bank, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PJ
Received 5 Sept 20227 HONEYWOOD CLOSE, BONGATE CROSS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6FF
Received 24 Apr 2017MUSGRAVE HALL FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SE
Received 18 Apr 201926 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XB
Received 19 Apr 2017Brockbank Ground, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BS
Received 4 May 2021Old School Hall Armathwaite CARLISLE CA4 9PB
Received 5 Dec 2023Bell Mount Farm Penrith CA11 0BX
Received 30 Dec 2025SANDWATH FARM, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HE
Received 21 Aug 2020BROXTY HOUSE, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ER
Received 23 Feb 2015Low Scales Cottage Greenholme PENRITH CA10 3TA
Received 31 Oct 2025PINFOLD, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 23 Sept 20164 ST ANDREWS CHURCHYARD, PENRITH, CA11 7YE
Received 2 Sept 2019Outside April Rise & Opposite Spring View Station Road Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1QY
Received 19 Feb 20242 Rose Garth, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DJ
Received 21 Mar 2018The United Reformed Church, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 30 Jun 2020MERRIDENE, STATION ROAD, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PU
Received 5 Oct 2015Market Cross Cottage, The Square, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 12 Nov 20215 Cavendish Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 24 Aug 2018Town Hall, Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 23 Nov 20185 Groffa Cragg, Gawthwaite, ULVERSTON, LA12 7TA
Received 5 Jun 2023Lamberts Pet Supplies, Main Street, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6DD
Received 13 Jul 2018Middleshaw House, Middleshaw, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0LZ
Received 3 Dec 2018LAND WEST OF NEWBY FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 2 Oct 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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