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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,248 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 2 A - 3 South Lakeland Retail Park, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 28 Oct 2022LUHAM FARM, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8TA
Received 20 Jun 2018Stone Cross Mansion Daltongate ULVERSTON LA12 7RY
Received 28 Aug 2024Hayfellside Farmhouse, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AG
Received 22 Apr 2015Prospect House, Sandside, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7UB
Received 28 Jul 2022New Hutton Institute, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AS
Received 15 May 2017Lonsdale Villa Fell Lane Penrith CA11 8AA
Received 30 Mar 2026KINGS BARN, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY, CA16 6AF
Received 6 May 201511 Greengate Crescent, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8QA
Received 22 Sept 2022Hill Farm, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NL
Received 11 Dec 2020Docker Bridge, Docker Hall Farm, Off A685, Appleby Road, Docker, KENDAL, LA8 0DB
Received 5 May 2023INATWEEN, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NA
Received 27 Feb 202046 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 3 Oct 2016Low Outwood Arthur Street PENRITH CA11 7TX
Received 4 Dec 2023RIVER DENE, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 12 Jun 2018Rear Garden Plot at Crossview House, 6 The Square, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QJ
Received 2 Dec 2019OMEGA PROTEINS LTD, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 15 Jan 2015CORNER HOUSE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 6 Mar 20231 Friars Garth, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6PJ
Received 16 Nov 20202 RAYSON HALL BARNS, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 9 Jun 2016TIRRIL HALL, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JE
Received 29 Mar 2017Greenhill, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7EF
Received 29 Sept 2016Plot of land adjacent to The Langdales Levens KENDAL LA8 8PJ
Received 4 Dec 202412 Wakefield Meadow Sedgwick KENDAL LA8 0JD
Received 17 Jul 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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