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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,247 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MEADOW BANK, SLEAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3HD
Received 19 Dec 202213 Station Road Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JY
Received 18 Mar 2025Beckside Barn, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2QG
Received 24 Sept 20211 Finley Close, KENDAL, LA9 6DW
Received 7 Jun 2017LOW STREET COTTAGE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 0JD
Received 23 Sept 2020Land South of Allithwaite Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 24 Aug 202347 Redhills Road, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0AR
Received 8 May 201511 Rydal Road, KENDAL, LA9 6LD
Received 13 Jul 2021Land to South of Turnpike Cottage, Beetham road, Milnthorpe, LA7 7QW
Received 10 May 2017Town End Farm, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QJ
Received 8 Feb 2019Terret Dene, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, Cumbria, LA6 2AB
Received 4 Jun 2015STABLE BLOCK, WARCOP HOUSE, WARCOP, APPLEBY, CA16 6NX
Received 3 Sept 2015Crag View, Hutton Roof, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PG
Received 17 May 2018Brocco Bank, Beetham, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 24 Oct 2022St Thomas' Church, Shyreakes Lane, Crosscrake, KENDAL, LA8 0AB
Received 28 May 2021102 Kentsford Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 18 Oct 20165 Airfield Approach Business Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7NG
Received 18 Dec 2020Jasmine Cottage, 4 Kings Court, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BP
Received 9 Mar 2023Kent Lodge, Cardrona Court, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AW
Received 21 Jul 2022Seattle, Sandside, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TA
Received 1 Mar 2023OS FIELD no.0088, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PP
Received 11 Feb 2020GARTH HOUSE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AH
Received 18 Apr 201740 HOLME RIGGS AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 8NL
Received 26 Jan 2016Field to the North of Westmorland Motorway Services Tebay West Tebay PENRITH CA10 3SB
Received 5 Dec 2023Records 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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