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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.
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,260 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Garden House, Lower Holker, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7PN
Received 19 Jun 2018Swarthmoor Hall Farm, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JG
Received 3 Oct 2018NORTH SCOUT GREEN, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3QZ
Received 12 Jan 2015TOWNHEAD NEW FARM, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HG
Received 23 Jan 201944 Heron Hill KENDAL LA9 7JD
Received 27 Sept 2024CHURCH MEWS, DUKE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7NB
Received 15 Feb 2019Halforth Farm, Heversham, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EZ
Received 6 Feb 20152 Margarets Way Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6SA
Received 24 Oct 2024Westmorland General Hospital, Kentmere and Garburn Ward, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7RG
Received 24 Jun 2021Low Greaves Stables, Pennington Lane, Pennington, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SF
Received 19 Apr 2017Plot of land adjacent to The Langdales, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8PJ
Received 6 Sept 2019Wreaks End Farm Barn, Duddon Bridge, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BS
Received 23 Jan 2023Land off Tarn Lane, adjacent to M6
Received 29 Sept 201532 Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LT
Received 16 Dec 2022LAND AT STATION ROAD, APPLEBY
Received 8 Dec 2021Fell Tide Dendron ULVERSTON LA12 0QN
Received 10 Feb 20261A Station Yard, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DW
Received 16 Jul 2018Havenroyd The Promenade Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AD
Received 17 Nov 2025Oak Mount, 16 Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AT
Received 17 Feb 2021Elmsfield Business Park, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1RJ
Received 13 Nov 2020Travers House, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 8 Jul 2022Temple Heelis 1 Kent View KENDAL LA9 4DZ
Received 24 Oct 2024Bramley Bay, Carr Bank Road, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LB
Received 22 Oct 2019Woodedge, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6JT
Received 30 Jun 2021Records 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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