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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Town Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EY
Received 16 Jan 2023132 Highgate, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4HE
Received 17 Aug 2015Springfield House, 1 Springfield Park Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EQ
Received 5 May 2023Bleaze Hall Barn, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0LU
Received 4 Mar 2021THE FOLD, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JS
Received 5 Feb 2018OS Field 6510 South of Fell Close, Off Burton Road, Oxenholme
Received 6 Jul 2020HOLLY COTTAGE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HU
Received 15 Nov 2022Hazeldene Barn Garth Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PP
Received 15 Oct 202524-25 Devonshire Street Penrith CA11 7ST
Received 26 Mar 2024Unit B2, Greggs Unit 3, Beehive Business Park, Thomas Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 7TW
Received 2 Dec 20224 MONNINGTON WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8QJ
Received 16 Dec 2020Unit 9 Blackhall Yard, Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4LU
Received 7 Jan 2021LAND ADJ TO THE B6259, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JP
Received 26 Jan 20155 Abbotsgate Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2JS
Received 13 Jan 2025Agricultural field adjacent Sandy Gap Barn, Burton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NT
Received 31 Jul 2020174 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SF
Received 31 Jan 20195 Priory Lane, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BH
Received 16 Jun 2017SOUTH AREA OF LAND AT GOSSIP GATE, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JU
Received 24 Aug 2020HIGH OAKS FARM, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QZ
Received 21 Mar 2019The Dell, Mealbank, KENDAL, LA8 9DP
Received 12 Jul 202146 Gillinggate, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4JB
Received 14 Jan 20151 Ivy Cottage, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8PF
Received 24 Mar 20235 Fowling Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6HB
Received 21 Apr 2015Yewbarrow Hampsfell Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BE
Received 3 Oct 2024Records 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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