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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,366 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Serpentine Road, Kendal, LA9 4PD
Received 25 Jun 2015Thompson Fold Lupton, Carnforth, Cumbria, LA6 2PP
Received 14 Mar 201619 Greenbank Gardens, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RN
Received 3 Jan 2019West Farmhouse Crabstack Kings Meaburn Penrith CA10 3DD
Received 28 Jul 202519 Beckside Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DE
Received 15 Jun 2020METCALFE PLANT HIRE LTD, WEST VIEW TRAINING CENTRE, PENRITH, CA11 9PG
Received 29 Aug 20135 Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LR
Received 14 Oct 2020SHAP BECK QUARRY, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 2NX
Received 21 Mar 2016Land between Inglewood Road and Centurion Rise Penrith CA11 8QW
Received 5 May 2026LITTLETHWAITE BARN, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EX
Received 1 Jun 2022Newbiggin Farm, Newbiggin, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PL
Received 14 Aug 2018Little Aynam House Canal Head North KENDAL LA9 7AH
Received 3 Sept 2025Existing Airwave Tower (Land near to Middle Row Farm), Middle Row Farm, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 25 Jul 2023Bridge End Garage, Levens, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 8EL
Received 18 Oct 2022LOW PLAINS QUARRY, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TR
Received 7 Mar 2016Land at Old Town High Hesket Carlisle CA4 0JE
Received 15 May 202415 CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 18 Jun 2015LAND ADJACENT TO DENBY, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9ND
Received 9 Oct 202038 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AJ
Received 11 May 2022COTTERILL HOUSE, DYKEHEADS, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PY
Received 1 Jun 2015RYNREW BARN, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AY
Received 8 Jul 201916 Hawthorn Way, KENDAL, LA9 7TD
Received 31 May 2022Squirrels Eden Mount GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BZ
Received 11 Feb 20265 Theatre Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AQ
Received 17 Jan 2018Records 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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