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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,360 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent to Croft House, Barrows Green, KENDAL, LA8 0AA
Received 2 Sept 2016Land to the north of The Prince of Wales Foxfield Broughton-In-Furness LA20 6BX
Received 27 Mar 2026BARN NORTHEAST OF LUHAM FARM, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8TA
Received 13 Apr 2022Eden Gate Farm Warcop APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6PL
Received 22 Dec 2023High Oaks Farm Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9QZ
Received 18 Oct 2024Icold Barn Icold Road Greystoke Penrith CA11 0UJ
Received 22 Apr 202654 Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AP
Received 12 Aug 2022HELM BAR, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 25 Mar 2022CAPE HOUSE, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XD
Received 1 Apr 2022Road at Stainton PENRITH CA11 0EB
Received 21 May 20255 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 20 Jan 2023STONEYBECK INN, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RP
Received 18 Aug 202034 Hart Street, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7JF
Received 30 Jan 2023The Moorings, Canal Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EN
Received 15 Oct 2021LAND OPPOSITE BECK COTTAGES, HIGH HOUSE FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LN
Received 30 Jun 2017Midtown Farm Melkinthorpe PENRITH CA10 2DR
Received 24 Apr 202673 Helmside Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7HA
Received 8 Sept 2021Land North of Laurel Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 6FE
Received 9 Mar 2023REIGNY COTTAGE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AP
Received 21 May 20182 Murley Moss, KENDAL, LA9 7RW
Received 10 Feb 2021RAISE PARK, ALSTON, CA9 3AA
Received 5 Jul 2013PARKSIDE VIEW, KINGS ARMS LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3JF
Received 20 Jul 2017LAND AT BEACON FARM, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BD
Received 8 Jul 20136 SOCKBRIDGE DRIVE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JP
Received 1 May 2015Records 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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