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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,253 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Johns Court Fernleigh Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7HN
Received 12 Aug 20241 Trinity House, Princes Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NB
Received 16 Aug 20215 CROFT VIEW, LONG MARTON, CA16 6BW
Received 6 Nov 20203 FRENCHFIELD WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8TW
Received 18 May 20211 Queens Place, KENDAL, LA9 4PJ
Received 14 Sept 2021Land at Low Dyke Farm Catterlen Penrith CA11 0BQ
Received 1 Sept 2025FELL VIEW, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NY
Received 30 Mar 2015PENNINE VIEW, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 20 Sept 201970A Drovers Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6FH
Received 23 Oct 2017Woodside, Knott Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AZ
Received 28 Jul 2017LAND ADJ FORGE COURT, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HB
Received 12 Sept 202348 Buttermere Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7PH
Received 22 Mar 2022Manor House Mellbecks KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4AB
Received 18 Mar 202519 BURROWGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TE
Received 16 Jan 2018LAND ADJACENT THE LAURELS, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 24 Feb 2016Hardendale Hall Hardendale Shap PENRITH CA10 3LQ
Received 8 Jan 2026The United Reformed Church, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 30 Jun 2020HIGH HEAD CASTLE FARM, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PJ
Received 3 Nov 2022Land to the East of Carleton Heights PENRITH
Received 2 Jul 2026LEONARDS CRAGG, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DQ
Received 10 Dec 2021Old Hall Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PA
Received 18 Apr 2016Archives store Building Site, Busher Walk, KENDAL, LA9 4RQ
Received 24 Oct 2019Park View Melmerby PENRITH CA10 1HB
Received 9 Apr 2024OVERBECK, SCAUR LANE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AH
Received 9 Dec 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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