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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,230 withdrawn.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 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hollindale The Hollins Hollins Lane, Burneside, Cumbria, LA9 5SB
Received 18 Sept 2015LAND NORTH OF THE LAURELS, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 23 Oct 2020Terret Dene, New Road, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AB
Received 1 Mar 2017OSWALD HOUSE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1DQ
Received 26 Jun 20151 Hayclose, Hayclose Lane, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AG
Received 13 May 2021Reigny House Cottage Newton Reigny PENRITH CA11 0AY
Received 7 Mar 2025MEG BANK, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 18 Jun 2021Stonecross Mansion, Daltongate, ULVERSTON
Received 20 Feb 2019232 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SL
Received 3 Apr 20193 Friars Garth, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6PJ
Received 13 Jan 2017Gregg's Cottage, Fell Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 0AG
Received 16 Oct 2019Laburnum House, 6 Main Street, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QE
Received 23 Oct 202310 MELLWOOD, SOUTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SD
Received 6 Apr 2016Larkrigg, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QS
Received 9 Jun 2017RAILWAY STATION, CLIFFORD STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TT
Received 17 Aug 2018Adjoining to Milnthorpe Road Scroggs Wood Scroggs Lane KENDAL LA9
Received 29 Aug 2025107 PENNY HILL PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9JW
Received 18 Aug 2015Fell Street, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0AG
Received 11 Mar 2016THE MEETING HOUSE, QUAKERS LANE, SOCKBRIDGE, CA10 2JR
Received 18 Dec 2017CROSSRIGG FARM, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AW
Received 8 Jun 2017Westfield, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DJ
Received 8 Sept 2021Land off Fairthorns Road New Hutton KENDAL LA8
Received 26 Sept 2024Rommanno Way, Small Holdings, Aldingham, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RU
Received 5 May 20216 BROOKSIDE, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JG
Received 4 Jan 2019Records 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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