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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,245 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
35 Finkle Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AB
Received 22 Jun 20221 Aldercroft KENDAL LA9 5BQ
Received 27 Nov 2023The Peach House Eden Gate Warcop Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6PL
Received 9 Feb 2026GREENHOLME, 3 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TT
Received 6 Dec 201745 Lightburn Avenue, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DL
Received 24 Oct 202329 ALBERT STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7XA
Received 29 Apr 2020WILLOW GARTH, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 13 Oct 20212 Pengarth, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6BF
Received 12 Feb 2015SEWBORWENS FARM, NEWTON ROAD, NEWTON RIGG, PENRITH, CA11 0AG
Received 6 Jul 202329 GREYSTOKE PARK AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 9DB
Received 24 Oct 2022TOWN HEAD FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TG
Received 12 Jun 2018Waterside Art Gallery, Kent View, KENDAL, LA9 4DZ
Received 6 Jul 2017OS Field no 4940, Adjacent to Well Heads Lane, Hincaster, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 3 Feb 2017Shaw Leigh, 87 Silverdale Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0EH
Received 11 Jan 2019Land around Shap PENRITH
Received 15 Jul 2025Land to the side of Malvern, Woodside Road, Endmoor, Cumbria, LA8 0HE
Received 4 Nov 2015Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent, KENDAL
Received 13 Nov 202032 BRENTFIELD WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8DL
Received 16 Jun 2017Tall Chimneys, Biggins Old Hall, High Biggins, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2NP
Received 13 Nov 2017LAND OFF STATION ROAD, APPLEBY
Received 7 Nov 2022Mireside Farm, Mansergh, Carnforth, LA6 2EP
Received 4 Feb 2015Land at Winter Lane, Plantation Bridge, Staveley, KENDAL, LA8 9JA
Received 11 Apr 2016Unit 1 6 Hoad House New Market Street ULVERSTON LA12 7LN
Received 2 Mar 202611 Church Fields Avenue ULVERSTON LA12 7HE
Received 27 Jan 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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