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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AD
Received 14 Jun 201631 Underwood Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9JF
Received 10 Aug 2023Low House Southernby Hesket Newmarket WIGTON CA7 8JA
Received 30 May 2025Autumn Cottage, The Crescent, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6AW
Received 25 Jul 201913 Sunnyside, KENDAL, LA9 7DJ
Received 23 Nov 2020Land West of High Sparrowmire Kendal LA9
Received 22 Jan 2025PLOT B EDEN BUSINESS PARK, COWPER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 3 Jul 2018Land West Of Oxenholme Road, KENDAL
Received 8 Apr 2020Land south of Bank Terrace, LINDAL in FURNESS
Received 16 Jun 2016Flat 2, Rockdene, Morecambe Bank, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6DX
Received 24 May 2018BYRE AT BLENCOW HALL, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DF
Received 26 Mar 2019M&S SIMPLY FOOD Unit 1, Beehive Business Park Thomas Way ULVERSTON LA12 7TW
Received 12 Dec 2023B Butterfield & Sons Moss House Farm, BURTON in KENDAL, Cumbria, LA5 9RP
Received 22 Dec 2014Westmorland County Agricultural Society, Lane Farm, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NH
Received 19 Apr 2018Low Scales Renwick Penrith CA10 1JE
Received 23 Apr 2023HOLLY COTTAGE, BACK LANE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 29 Jan 2015Long Acres Carleton Village PENRITH CA11 8TP
Received 27 Aug 2024UP TOP, ROMAN ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CUMBRIA, CA16 6JH
Received 16 Mar 20237 Abbots Close, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BZ
Received 24 May 202216 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AE
Received 15 Jun 2026FIELD EAST OF RHEGED, RHEGED CENTRE, PENRITH, CA11 0DQ
Received 28 Feb 2020Barn to The east of Prizet, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AB
Received 6 Jun 2022Bonnygate Farm Soulby Kirkby Stephen CA17 4PJ
Received 6 Dec 2024CROSSFELL HOUSE, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TW
Received 30 Aug 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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