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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Curlew Cottage, High Haverflatts, Haverflatts Lane, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DG
Received 4 Jan 2022LAND AT COLSTONS, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HA
Received 18 Jan 202149 Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QJ
Received 19 Dec 2016St Mary's Parish Church, Church Walk, ULVERSTON, Cumbria
Received 6 Sept 2016110 Burneside Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4RZ
Received 19 Dec 2014BARNS AT HOW HILL, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 8 Feb 2018Burneside Mill, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6PZ
Received 14 Mar 2023Sellet Estate, Stables & Stud, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 28 Jun 2018SPRING BANK NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 12 Feb 2015LAND BEHIND HOLME FARM, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 17 Mar 2023Marl Business Park, Marl International Ltd, Morecambe Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BN
Received 4 Jun 2018Kendal Rugby Union Football Club, Shap Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6DL
Received 4 Sept 2015Rest Haven, Coast Road, ROOSEBECK, LA12 0RG
Received 6 Apr 2017ALSTON TOWN HALL, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3RF
Received 9 Jun 20161 Summerhill Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 4LE
Received 30 Sept 2021LAND ADJ WHINFELL SPINNEY, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RS
Received 12 Jan 2016LAND AT BRIDGE LANE / TYNEFIELD DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 8JA
Received 4 Apr 2019Glaxochem Ltd, North Lonsdale Road, Ulverston, LA12 9DR
Received 6 Aug 2015Lynwood, Windermere Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6JX
Received 10 Dec 2019Land Adjacent Ladyford, Gilthwaiterigg Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6NT
Received 8 Jun 2020Plumpton Cottage Farm, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SH
Received 1 May 2015Springs View, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 3 Apr 2023Ford Park House, Ford Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JP
Received 10 Feb 2022Land at Devonshire Square Calthwaite Penrith
Received 3 Jul 2025Records 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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