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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 SHIRE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PT
Received 15 Sept 2015How Hill Farm How Hill Hutton Roof PENRITH CA11 0XY
Received 8 Apr 202228 Low Garth, KENDAL, LA9 5NZ
Received 15 Jun 2021Seacroft 1 Yew Tree Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AA
Received 4 Jun 2026113 Bellingham Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JU
Received 30 Apr 201823 Beast Banks, KENDAL, LA9 4JJ
Received 28 Apr 2021THE RAILWAY STATION, STATION ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3JB
Received 12 Dec 2016WHINFELL FOREST HOLIDAY VILLAGE, WHINFELL, PENRITH, CA10 2DW
Received 2 Jan 201817 Mitchelgate, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BE
Received 28 Apr 2016St Oswalds C Of E Primary School Burneside KENDAL LA9 6QR
Received 14 Oct 2025The Friarage Friargate PENRITH CA11 7XR
Received 6 Jan 2025Lynwood, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6JX
Received 29 Sept 2020Pennington War Memorial Cross Ulverston Road (A590) Cross-A-Moor Swarthmoor ULVERSTON LA12 0RT
Received 17 Jul 2026MACADAM HOUSE, CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HX
Received 10 Mar 2017ROSE COTTAGE, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 14 Feb 2020Elm Tree Farm Preston Patrick Milnthorpe LA7 7PE
Received 18 May 2026Bees Nest Farm, Casterton, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2SF
Received 17 Sept 2015Land adj to the B6413 Croglin Carlisle CA4 9SJ
Received 25 Apr 2024Glaxosmithkline, North Lonsdale Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DR
Received 3 Feb 2020Holme Leigh, Gatebeck Road, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0HL
Received 28 Mar 2019RED BANKS, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NG
Received 8 Jan 201816 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AE
Received 15 Jun 2026FRENCHWOOD, DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7RA
Received 8 Sept 201711 Hayfell Avenue KENDAL LA9 7JH
Received 28 Mar 2025Records 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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