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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 CRICKET PAVILION, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 20 Jul 201819 Chestnut Grove, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HF
Received 9 May 2018Cherry Cottage, Head Cragg, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TB
Received 2 Nov 2018Kendal Fell Business Park, Underbarrow Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RR
Received 27 Sept 20164 Greengate Gardens Levens KENDAL LA8 8QL
Received 22 Jan 20243 Locations opposite Sycamore Lodge Pennington Lane ULVERSTON LA12 7SE
Received 26 Feb 2024Colt Park Farm, Aldingham, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RU
Received 23 Oct 20191 Longpool, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6ER
Received 14 May 2015BRUNDHOLME, FRIARS TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 8DD
Received 22 Nov 2018Natland Millbeck Farm, Natland Millbeck Lane, KENDAL
Received 5 May 2016THE COACH HOUSE, EDEN GATE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PL
Received 12 Dec 2022WAITBY SIDINGS, WAITBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HH
Received 19 Apr 201637 MIDDLEGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7PT
Received 3 Feb 202010 Grasmere Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 6LP
Received 29 Jun 201652 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 17 Sept 2019LOW PLAINS LODGE, LOW PLAINS, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9RQ
Received 3 Mar 2015LAND ADJ WALMAR, CROFT HEAD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 17 Oct 2019Old United Reformed Church Penruddock Penrith CA11 0QU
Received 10 Sept 2026Ivy Cottage, Dragley Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 0ES
Received 20 Jan 2022THREE CROWNS HOUSE, THREE CROWNS YARD, PENRITH, CA11 7LH
Received 13 Jan 20161 Railway Cottages Hincaster MILNTHORPE LA7 7NE
Received 17 Apr 2026FISHING LODGE, UDFORD, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SS
Received 17 Jan 2017Plot 2 Land to south of Wayside Cottage, Cotes, Levens, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 8NZ
Received 11 Feb 2022Easdale, Aynsome Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PR
Received 18 Sept 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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