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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at South Side of Middle Barrow Lane Great Urswick ULVERSTON LA12 0SJ
Received 2 Apr 2025CARWOOD, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 7 Mar 20161 Brookdale, Oxenholme Road, KENDAL, LA9 7NJ
Received 17 Aug 20179 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AQ
Received 24 Feb 202052A Sedbergh Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6BE
Received 12 Aug 2015Unit B1 (Starbucks Unit 2 , Beehive Business Park, Thomas Way, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7TW
Received 4 Jan 2023Unit 9 Castle Mills Business Park, Aynam Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DE
Received 6 Oct 202014 Crummock Drive, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7PQ
Received 23 Jun 2015Kirkoswald Community Shop Bridge Stores Kirkoswald Penrith CA10 1DQ
Received 23 Jun 2025Beachwood House &, 18,20 & 22 Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AU
Received 28 Jun 2019FIELD NO. OS8716 (EAST OF MANSGROVE FARM), BOLTON, APPLEBY
Received 26 Mar 2018Junction of Station Road and Friary Fields APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6UT
Received 3 Sept 2025Westmorland County Agricultural Society, Lane Farm, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NH
Received 2 Jun 2023130 Centurion Rise Penrith CA11 8BQ
Received 22 Aug 2025Radio Mast at Rowell Lane, Deepthwaite, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LU
Received 10 Mar 2023LOW GALLIGILL, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LW
Received 30 Jul 202143-45 Branthwaite Brow, KENDAL, LA9 4TX
Received 12 Jul 2023White Moss Cottage, Foxfield, Broughton-in-Furness, LA20 6BT
Received 17 Oct 2014Land South of Hall Park Burneside KENDAL LA9 6QF
Received 2 Sept 2026Yonder Barn Whitwell Fold, Selside, Kendal, LA9 8EA
Received 26 May 201524 Soutergate ULVERSTON LA12 7ER
Received 2 Apr 2025Field of Moss Hall, Carr Bank Road, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LD
Received 4 May 2023Hazelwood Storth Road Storth MILNTHORPE LA7 7JA
Received 16 Jun 2025KIRKOSWALD CASTLE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH
Received 14 Dec 2020Records 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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