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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PLOT 4 CHAPELFIELD, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TB
Received 25 Jan 2016HIGH MILL, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 11 Nov 2019Cavendish Cottage, Cavendish Street, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QA
Received 21 Dec 2020MALLARD HOUSE, CULGAITH, CA10 1QE
Received 28 Oct 2020Young Spring Helsington Mills Kendal LA9 5RL
Received 23 Apr 2024Sea View Newbiggin Ulverston LA12 0RJ
Received 21 May 2024Old Coach House Kirkoswald PENRITH CA10 1DQ
Received 31 Jan 2024GATELANDS, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3BJ
Received 20 Dec 2022THE BOTHY, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 1 May 201916 Inglemere Close, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AP
Received 4 Nov 2019(Grass Verge) Land to the side of 2 Chestnut Grove ULVERSTON LA12 9HF
Received 9 Oct 202416 Hawthorn Drive Penrith CA11 8WF
Received 24 May 2024Paddys Lane Overbridge, Paddys Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0DA
Received 17 Nov 2015ATHERSTONE, SALKELD ROAD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LG
Received 31 May 2019BEACON BANK COTTAGE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7BD
Received 27 Feb 2023Former Telephone Repeater Station Plumpton CA11 9NS
Received 29 Sept 2025High Row, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 2 Oct 2017Former Christadelphian Church, Tanners Yard, KENDAL, LA9 4ED
Received 21 May 2020Biggins Hall, High Biggins, Carnforth, Cumbria, LA6 2NP
Received 23 Jul 2015EDGECUMBE, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AD
Received 4 Sept 2019HOWGILL HOUSE, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UW
Received 18 Nov 2022Omega Proteins Penrith Ltd Processing Plant Penrith CA11 0BX
Received 13 Aug 2025Kendal Fell Business Park Mardix Boundary Bank Lane KENDAL LA9 5RR
Received 11 Oct 2024Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7HX
Received 11 Sept 2015Records 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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