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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,246 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newstead Orchard Drive Greystoke Penrith CA11 0UD
Received 12 Aug 2026RECTORY COACH HOUSE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UJ
Received 15 Feb 2018Eacott, Devonshire Square, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QD
Received 11 May 202365 Fairgarth Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FB
Received 3 Oct 2018Mutton Hall, Reservoir Road, Killington, KENDAL, LA8 0BX
Received 31 Jan 2022The Pastures, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 4 Jun 2018Glaxosmithkline, North Lonsdale Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DR
Received 1 Jun 2021WARCOP C OF E SCHOOL, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NX
Received 18 Jun 2018Old Peoples Welfare Centre, Dowkers Lane, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4DN
Received 5 May 2015Head Cragg, Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA17 7TB
Received 17 Apr 2015Lupton Hall Lupton Carnforth LA6 2PX
Received 5 Nov 20253 MUSGRAVE TERRACE, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AA
Received 24 Feb 2021MOSS ROAD, CLIBURN
Received 28 Apr 2022THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS), QUAKER MEETING HOUSE, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3SF
Received 12 Sept 2019James Cropper Plc, Burneside Mill, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6PZ
Received 4 Jan 2018Kendal Town Hall, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4ED
Received 11 Sept 20204 KINGS TERRACE, GAP LANE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HN
Received 8 Mar 20212 Kentsford House, Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 30 Jan 2018Flats A, 5 & 6, 139 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4EN
Received 18 Jul 2017HOLMELANDS, THIEFSIDE, CALTHWAITE, CA11 9RN
Received 19 Jan 2021Roker, Main Street, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LL
Received 19 Jun 20239 STEPHENSON CROFT, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BE
Received 29 Nov 2019LAND NORTH OF THORNGATE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BU
Received 6 Jan 2023Waterside Barn, Preston Patrick, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PA
Received 5 Mar 2021Records 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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