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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
SPROAT GHYLL, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SA
Received 20 Mar 2013OMEGA PROTEINS LTD, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 20 Sept 2017Hall More Lodge Caravan Site, Hale, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7BP
Received 28 Sept 2022Former Age Concern UK Lindale Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EE
Received 25 Mar 2024Ivy Cottage Dragley Beck ULVERSTON LA12 0ES
Received 30 Sept 2025FIELD HOUSE, LITTLE STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3EF
Received 29 Jan 2015BRACKENSLACK, MAULDS MEABURN, CA10 3HX
Received 29 Apr 2016Kendal College, Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5AY
Received 21 Sept 2021BELVEDERE, PARK LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3AB
Received 14 Jul 2015BARROCK COURT CARE HOME, BARROCK PARK, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0JS
Received 24 Aug 2016LAND WEST OF GILLIANS WELL, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 6 Aug 2020BARCLAYS BANK PLC, MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AJ
Received 19 Jun 2013Windy Ridge, 55 Grange Fell Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6AR
Received 9 Feb 2017STREET HOUSE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AY
Received 15 Sept 20174 WINTERS PARK, CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8RE
Received 12 Feb 2015Low Wood Edge Farm Haverbrack Beetham MILNTHORPE LA7 7AJ
Received 2 Apr 20242A Elephant Yard, KENDAL, LA9 4QQ
Received 16 Feb 2021LAND KNOWN AS CARLETON HEIGHTS, PENRITH
Received 7 Mar 201828 Oakfield Park, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FQ
Received 25 Jan 2021117 Bellingham Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5JU
Received 17 Mar 2015HOLLY BANK, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DF
Received 23 Nov 2015Lonsdale Suite Cedar House, Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FR
Received 13 Sept 2021Omega Proteins Penrith Ltd Processing Plant Penrith CA11 0BX
Received 30 Nov 2023Overdale, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 20 Feb 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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