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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,275 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
APPLEBY CASTLE, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XH
Received 5 Feb 20213 Castle Street, KENDAL, LA9 7AD
Received 21 Aug 2023Abbey Park Bleatarn Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6PX
Received 21 Sept 2026Far Audlands, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HX
Received 27 Apr 2017Eversley Coach House, Leasgill, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EY
Received 23 Jul 2018Fairways, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AQ
Received 10 May 2018Cannerheugh Renwick Penrith CA10 1LA
Received 30 May 2024Rowe End Farm, Pennington, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RP
Received 3 Oct 2018LILAC COTTAGE, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SX
Received 17 Oct 2019Former Bardsea School Room, Main Street, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QT
Received 27 Jul 2022FELLSIDE, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 10 Jan 20187 BENSON ROW, PENRITH, CA11 7YN
Received 10 May 2016Wainwright's Yard, KENDAL, LA9 4ND
Received 11 Jul 2023MEADOW BARN, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ES
Received 19 Oct 201655 Finkle Street, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4AL
Received 21 Mar 2022Sunny Bank, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BU
Received 30 Jan 2023ORCHARD HOUSE FARM, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 23 Apr 2018BARN ADJACENT TO CHELLOW COTTAGE, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 16 Dec 2020Gooseholme Park (As per BS5837 survey), KENDAL, LA9 7AN
Received 18 Mar 2022ROOK COTTAGE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HS
Received 2 Sept 2019OUTDOOR PURSUITS CENTRE, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EH
Received 11 Dec 20175 Stonecross Gardens Kendal LA9 5TB
Received 22 Sept 2026Priory View Caravan Site, Sandhall, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EQ
Received 22 Mar 2021Rufford Grange Fell Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BJ
Received 8 Oct 2026Records 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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