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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garland House North Dykes Great Salkeld PENRITH CA11 9ND
Received 8 Feb 2024BOND PRECISION CASTINGS LTD, POTTERS LOANING, ALSTON, CA9 3TP
Received 11 Feb 2015South View Cottage, South View Lane, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4PW
Received 13 Feb 2023Atherstone Langwathby PENRITH CA10 1LG
Received 14 Apr 202610 Old Lound, KENDAL, LA9 7EH
Received 10 Jan 2019Agricultural land south of the James Cropper PLC Water treatment works, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6PU
Received 11 Jun 2020Briary Bank, Grange Fell Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6BJ
Received 12 Jan 2016The Rookery Milnthorpe Road Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1PX
Received 30 Jul 2025LAND OFF CARLETON HILL ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8TZ
Received 11 Nov 2022SITE ADJ COPPER HALL, CROGLIN, CARLISLE
Received 10 May 2019Cambian Whinfell School 110 Windermere Road KENDAL LA9 5EZ
Received 13 Jan 2026Barn adjacent to Furnace Cottage, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 4 Oct 2017Car Park Cartmel Racecourse, Cartmel Park, Park View, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QF
Received 12 Jul 202127 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4LT
Received 28 Jul 2022VALLEY VIEW, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3NA
Received 27 Apr 2022THE SWALLOWS, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LW
Received 2 Jun 2015Wharton House HESKET NEWMARKET CA7 8HT
Received 27 May 2026LAND AT REAR OF CROSS HOUSE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 20 Sept 2021Storth Ltd, Burtlands, Moss Lane, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH
Received 27 May 2016Croft House Sowerby Row Carlisle CA4 0QH
Received 6 Aug 2026Rossill Bridge Cottage, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9EW
Received 26 May 2023SOUTHMEAD, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 29 Mar 2018Field off Halier How Lane, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SJ
Received 5 Sept 20176 Thornfield Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DR
Received 22 Jul 2020Records 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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