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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,253 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot B2 Beehive Business Park, Thomas Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 7TW
Received 4 Apr 2022THWAITE COTTAGE, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JF
Received 25 Feb 2021PLOT 4, LAND BETWEEN JOINERS CLOSE AND PARK VIEW, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BQ
Received 16 Jan 2023Old School House, Station Road, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JY
Received 15 Mar 20224 MILESTONE HOUSE BUSINESS PARK, MILESTONE HOUSE, PENRITH, CA11 9NQ
Received 28 Apr 2016Unit 1 Riverside Place Retail, Lound Road, KENDAL, LA9 7FH
Received 22 May 2020LAND TO SIDE AND REAR OF MAR AZUL, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DG
Received 26 Jul 2022Land North of Briery Bank, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0DZ
Received 21 Jan 2022Former Kendal Rugby Union F.C, Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DL
Received 1 Aug 201939 Hallgarth Circle Kendal Cumbria LA9 5NU
Received 10 Feb 2025Grange-over-Sands Lido Promenade GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7DH
Received 14 Nov 2023Stone Cross Mansions, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AJ
Received 24 Aug 2020CRACKENTHORPE HALL, CRACKENTHORPE, CA16 6AE
Received 22 Jun 20201 HOWARD PARK, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TU
Received 2 Apr 2019Greenhow Dufton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6NG
Received 23 Jan 20261 THE HILL, ICOLD ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TP
Received 8 Nov 2021FERN COTTAGE AND MIDTOWN COTTAGE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AR
Received 27 Sept 2017CALTHWAITE HALL LODGE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QU
Received 19 Nov 2015Outside nos 5 and 12 Old Hall Drive ULVERSTON LA12 7DG
Received 9 Aug 2024MIDTOWN FARM, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 3 Apr 2017Land at 35 Greenside KENDAL LA9 5DU
Received 26 Mar 20263 PASTURE COTTAGES, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4PQ
Received 10 Feb 2015Chapels Farmhouse, Chapels, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria, LA17 7XY
Received 1 Jun 2022Ormside Hall Ormside Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6EJ
Received 4 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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