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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,386 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BANK FARM, UNTHANK, GAMBLESBY, CA10 1JB
Received 12 May 2020Outside 30, 48, 56, 61 & 74 Rusland Park and opposite 37 Rusland Park KENDAL LA9 6AJ
Received 24 Nov 2025MANOR HOUSE, MELLBECKS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AB
Received 11 May 2023From land East of Town House, Old Hutton to land east of Bleabeck Plantation and immediately west of Old Scotch Road, Old Town; with highway works at various locations along Old Scotch Road and Reservoir Road
Received 16 Jun 2021THE CROFT, CROFT AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 7RQ
Received 5 Dec 2012UNIT 1, EAST LAKES BUSINESS PARK, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9BB
Received 1 Dec 2020The Greenacres Blencarn PENRITH CA10 1TX
Received 27 May 2026Natland Hall Farm, Natland, Kendal, LA9 7QQ
Received 1 Aug 201361 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 3 Aug 2020Thurston, Brigsteer, KENDAL, LA8 8AJ
Received 25 May 2016Land adjacent to The Knoll, School Road, KIRKBY in FURNESS, LA17 7UQ
Received 12 Mar 2019Romney Court, Kendal, LA9 5QB
Received 10 Nov 2016BARN TO THE RIGHT OF STAINTON HILL, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 17 Feb 2015CARRICKMORE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 23 Dec 201914 CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JN
Received 22 Nov 2016Highways Depot Alston CA9 3BW
Received 11 Dec 2023Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 5 Apr 2022South View Farm, Sandside Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9ED
Received 11 May 2022Thatchmoor Head Barns, Lambrigg, Grayrigg, Kendal, LA8 0DQ
Received 1 Feb 2016CARMEN'S CAKES & SUPPLIES LTD, 5 MARKET PLACE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BA
Received 26 Jun 2013South of Gunpowder Site Works Sedgwick KENDAL LA8 0JZ
Received 24 Apr 202664 Kirkbarrow, KENDAL, LA9 5DE
Received 6 Mar 20176 HILLCREST, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PZ
Received 3 Jan 2019277 Valley Drive KENDAL LA9 7SJ
Received 3 Oct 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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