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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Ford Park Crescent ULVERSTON LA12 7JR
Received 5 Nov 202562 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 13 Nov 2015Fell End Cottage, Yans Lane, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LJ
Received 3 May 2022Graythwaite Manor Fernhill Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JE
Received 10 Jan 2024Land West of Greystoke Gill Greystoke Penrith CA11 0UQ
Received 8 May 2024Stainton Court, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LQ
Received 14 Nov 2016Silver Mist 6 Fellside Court GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BY
Received 20 Dec 2024The Castle Green Hotel, Castle Green Lane, Kendal, LA9 6RG
Received 1 Feb 2016Low Scarside Bampton Penrith CA10 2QU
Received 17 May 2024UNITS B1 AND B2 BREWERY LANE, PENRITH NEW SQUARES, PENRITH
Received 29 Sept 20232 Woodheads, Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6AF
Received 2 Aug 2022OMEGA PROTEINS PENRITH LTD, PROCESSING PLANT, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 18 Aug 20173 RAILWAY COTTAGES, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BY
Received 13 Jan 2021Beckside House Farm, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7SW
Received 4 Jul 202229 Whinlatter Drive KENDAL LA9 7HE
Received 24 Jul 202512 Castle Oval, KENDAL, LA9 7BD
Received 28 May 2019OMEGA PROTEINS LTD, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 25 Sept 2015Unit 2 Beckside Business Park Gatebeck KENDAL LA8 0HR
Received 18 Jul 2024Fernlea Ruckcroft Armathwaite Carlisle CA4 9QR
Received 5 Sept 2025Land Near Sillfield Farm, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 27 May 2022Low Buildings Sebergham Carlisle CA5 7EB
Received 18 Sept 2025Land south of Waste Water Treatment Works Endmoor KENDAL LA8
Received 13 Aug 2025Heathwaite, Storth Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JA
Received 1 Oct 2019MEABURN HALL, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3HW
Received 16 Dec 2014Records 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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