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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Steel Croft, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9LB
Received 13 Dec 2021High Flan Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 8 Apr 2019High Flan Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 20 Mar 2020Craig Helen, Lyndene Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QP
Received 3 Jan 2018Milestone House PENRITH CA11 9NQ
Received 3 Sept 2025Siemens Subsea (formally Tronic), Low Mill Business Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EE
Received 7 Aug 2018FORMER GOODS SHED PENNINE VIEW PARK, STATION ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SZ
Received 5 Dec 20182 Oakfield Farm, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NF
Received 5 May 2016Victoria Hall, Main Street, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 8 Nov 201721 Stonecross Road, Kendal, LA9 5HR
Received 28 Jan 2015FORMER OIL STORAGE DEPOT, MYERS LANE, PENRITH
Received 21 Jul 2021CHAMLEY ARMS, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NX
Received 15 Nov 2019Plantation Filling Station, Plantation Bridge, KENDAL, LA8 9JA
Received 24 Jul 2023BUILDING ADJACENT TO BLOSSOM BARN, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AP
Received 23 Jan 2019Homestead Ackenthwaite MILNTHORPE LA7 7DH
Received 20 Nov 2024LAND ADJACENT TO 22 LAIKIN VIEW, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QW
Received 1 Feb 2021Sillfield Farm, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 17 May 2022LAND EAST OF OAK GARTH, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PJ
Received 20 Jan 2021Land East of Whitbarrow Farm Berrier PENRITH CA11 0XB
Received 27 May 20253 Croft View Kirkland Road Skirwith Penrith CA10 1RL
Received 22 Oct 202489 Burneside Road KENDAL LA9 4RZ
Received 3 Sept 202526 Sparrowmire Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5PX
Received 21 Jan 2016ST ANNES HOSPITAL, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XQ
Received 20 Apr 2022WHINFELL FOREST VILLAGE, WHINFELL, PENRITH, CA10 2DW
Received 2 Aug 2016Records 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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