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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
3 Scafell Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7PE
Received 30 Sept 20203 Fell Close Grange-over-sands Cumbria LA11 7JG
Received 18 Jul 202419 Main Road, SWARTHMOOR, LA12 0RZ
Received 24 Jan 2018Limefoot, Middleshaw, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0LZ
Received 26 Oct 2022HALE GRANGE, MAIDEN WAY, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XS
Received 17 Nov 2020SCHOOL HOUSE, STORE AND PREMISES, CULGAITH ROAD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 23 Dec 2022Whin Yeats Farm Newbiggin CARNFORTH LA6 2PJ
Received 1 Jul 202517 BROUGHAM HALL GARDENS, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DB
Received 21 Aug 2020Educational Institute, Church Hill, ARNSIDE, Cumbria, LA5 0DF
Received 11 Mar 2016Romney Bank, Park Street, KENDAL, LA9 5QP
Received 16 Sept 2016APPLEBY CASTLE, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XH
Received 9 Apr 2015A W JENKINSON FOREST PRODUCTS, HAWESWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EU
Received 11 Mar 2021Cross Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DQ
Received 30 Jun 2020Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, FLOOKBURGH, Cumbria, LA11 7LT
Received 11 Jan 2023Eden View Langwathby Penrith CA10 1ND
Received 8 Jul 2026Land at Wadhead Hill, Cooper Lane, Bardsea, ULVERSTON
Received 9 Mar 2018Abbots Brow, Swine Market, Mill Brow, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FT
Received 26 Aug 201512 Ulverston Road, SWARTHMOOR, LA12 0JB
Received 8 Feb 2017Flats 20 & 20A Park Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AD
Received 17 May 2016Pyes Bridge Farm, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BJ
Received 1 Aug 2018Elmsfield Park Estate Office, Elmsfield Park, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1RJ
Received 23 Oct 201914 CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JN
Received 14 Dec 2020MELMERBY MILL, MELMERBY, CA10 1HA
Received 21 Feb 2022LOWTHER LOW MOOR, LOWTHER, PENRITH, CA10 2HH
Received 13 Dec 2018Records 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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