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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.
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,377 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garden Cottage, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BT
Received 22 Jun 20164 Mill Brow, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AT
Received 1 Jul 2019Nutwood Grove Practice Grange Health Centre Kents Bank Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7DJ
Received 18 Dec 2023GREENAWAY CROSSING, WANDSWORTH GARDENS, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PA
Received 2 Sept 2015Ashes Farm Spark Bridge ULVERSTON LA12 7SU
Received 30 Jun 2026LIME RIGG, HESKET NEWMARKET, CA7 8JB
Received 6 Nov 2020UNT 2A HAWESWATER ROAD, PENRITH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9EU
Received 10 Sept 2013Selside Memorial Hall, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9LE
Received 23 Jun 2023Pennington Nursery, Cross-A-Moor, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RT
Received 19 Feb 202121 Inglemere Gardens, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BX
Received 4 Dec 202015, 1719 South Green, ULVERSTON, LA12 0UJ
Received 29 Jun 2020Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 18 Dec 2020Laithholme Main Street Shap PENRITH CA10 3PH
Received 12 Jan 2026Greenside Farm, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NA
Received 25 Jun 2013WHITE GATE CARAVAN PARK, LONG MARTON, CA16 6BU
Received 11 Jul 201673 PENNY HILL PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9JW
Received 2 Nov 2018LAND EAST OF ASHFIELD COURT, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RN
Received 17 Apr 2015CLARGHYLL HEAD HOUSE, CLARGHYLL HEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3NG
Received 21 Sept 20227 Briery Bank, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HW
Received 13 May 2021Near to Red Syke Lodge Pennington ULVERSTON LA12 0JR
Received 20 Aug 2026Land adjacent to existing clubhouse facility Ulverston Golf Club Bardsea ULVERSTON LA12 9QJ
Received 18 Apr 2024Mansriggs Hall Farm, Mansriggs, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PF
Received 14 Mar 20183 Kirkbarrow Lane, KENDAL, Cumbria Cumbria, LA9 5DF
Received 2 Dec 2014Barn at Grayrigg Hall, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BU
Received 23 Nov 2020Records 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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