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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WHITE HOUSE, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HD
Received 13 Nov 20151 Barn Garth, CARTMEL, LA11 6PP
Received 14 Jul 2017DOUGLAS HOUSE BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
Received 22 Aug 2021Land adjacent Weardale Villa Nateby Road KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4AJ
Received 14 Feb 2025Outside Manderley Scales ULVERSTON LA12 0PB
Received 15 Jan 2025Nook Farm, Colt House Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SG
Received 28 Sept 2018The Pastures, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 12 Apr 2017Woodlands, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EL
Received 31 Jul 2020MAYFLOWER COTTAGE, GREYSTOKE GILL, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UQ
Received 18 Feb 2016Sandside Lodge SEN School, Springfield Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0EB
Received 18 May 2021Hillside Farm, Flookburgh Road, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7RG
Received 14 Jun 2018COTE HOUSE FARM, BLEATARN, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PX
Received 14 Oct 2021NIGHTINGALE HALL, RAVENSTONE MANOR, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HB
Received 15 Oct 2018SANDFORD ARMS, SANDFORD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NR
Received 6 Aug 201525 Boon Town, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LN
Received 5 Oct 2023LAMBERT CROFT, BOLTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6AT
Received 10 May 2016HOLMS HOUSE, ALSTON, CA9 3JY
Received 17 Mar 2014Greenacres Garrigill ALSTON CA9 3DY
Received 21 Sept 202616 Hill Close, SEDGWICK, KENDAL, LA8 0JR
Received 25 Nov 2020TOWNHEAD FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 13 Sept 20174 Market Arcade Boroughgate Appleby CA16 6YA
Received 23 Feb 2026Field End Farm, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LF
Received 24 Jan 2020Open spaces within Owlet Ash Fields, Ackenthwaite, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DA
Received 23 Jan 2023Former Age Concern UK Lindale Road Grange-over-Sands LA11 6EE
Received 4 Dec 2023Records 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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