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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Vantage Toyota, Station Square, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6EE
Received 17 Feb 2015FAIRVIEW, NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QD
Received 11 May 2015Gatebeck Tarn Fishery, Gatebeck Road, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0HL
Received 19 Jun 2020Strathmore Hotels Plc, , Cumbria Grand Hotel, Lindale Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6EN
Received 29 Jan 2016LAND AT ENTRANCE TO PENRITH GOLF CLUB, PENRITH
Received 23 Mar 2017Duck Pond Barn Sowerby Row Carlisle CA4 0QG
Received 16 Oct 2025LAND ADJACENT TO APPLEBY LEISURE CENTRE, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 10 Mar 20232 THE GROTTO, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 10 Mar 2020CHURCH FARM, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 7 Aug 2020ORMSIDE INN, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EJ
Received 2 Aug 202313 Market Square, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AN
Received 28 May 2019BUSHBY HOUSE, GREYSTOKE, CUMBRIA, CA11 0TF
Received 25 Sept 2015Graythwaite Manor, Fernhill, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JE
Received 12 Dec 2022ST CUTHBERTS CHURCH, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DA
Received 11 Oct 2022BLENCOW HALL, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DF
Received 2 Oct 2017The Green, Green Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NJ
Received 8 Aug 2022Blue Grass Barn Kirkby Stephen North Stainmore CA17 4DY
Received 26 Jan 202418 Teal Beck, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7RQ
Received 13 Dec 2022Land to the south of Lyndene, Holme Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7QD
Received 18 Jan 2016Southerley, Eden Park Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BW
Received 30 Mar 2022High Field Ackenthwaite MILNTHORPE LA7 7DQ
Received 21 Oct 202511 Fountain Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EQ
Received 24 Apr 2017MOSTYN COTTAGE, FRIARGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7XR
Received 16 Feb 2015Brocco Bank, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 23 Mar 2020Records 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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