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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,346 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Ivy Garth, Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AR
Received 17 Jul 20188 Modera Fold Low Biggins CARNFORTH LA6 2GX
Received 5 Dec 2023Various locations within Kendal, Conservation Area, KENDAL
Received 6 Dec 2019LAND ADJACENT PENNINE VIEW, SKELTON, PENRITH
Received 21 Sept 2020Priory House Priest Lane Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PU
Received 28 Mar 20258 Bolefoot, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7EX
Received 15 Oct 2018Hedge to rear of Sheriff Bank, Greenodd
Received 7 Jun 2017LAND ADJACENT TO OTTERS HOLT, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1SG
Received 26 Sept 2023Bridge End Farm Clifton PENRITH CA10 2EA
Received 10 Feb 2026GHYLL VIEW, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DF
Received 3 Feb 201715 Broughton Park, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6HB
Received 30 Sept 2019WEST BROWNRIGG FARM, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PF
Received 15 May 2023Sizergh Fell Quarry (LDNP), Levens, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 8PJ
Received 11 Mar 2015Land to the south of Underbarrow Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RS
Received 23 May 2019IVY HOUSE, BRAMPTON, BRAMPTON, CUMBRIA, CA16 6JS
Received 11 May 2023SANDWATH FARM, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HE
Received 3 Dec 2019Fern Bank, Main Street, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LW
Received 15 Mar 202225 Market Street, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JU
Received 10 May 202310 Lane Foot, Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RW
Received 10 Jan 20234 Strawberry Fields, KENDAL, LA9 7TA
Received 18 May 2021ROSE COTTAGE, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RH
Received 4 Sept 20189 CYPRESS WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8UN
Received 16 Nov 2018NEW HALL FARM, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JD
Received 7 Feb 2022Old Vicarage, 83 Silverdale Road, ARNSIDE, LA5 0DZ
Received 20 May 2016Records 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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