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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Monkcastle Farm Monkcastle Southwaite CARLISLE CA4 0PZ
Received 17 Feb 2025Land Adjacent to St Anthonys Close, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DT
Received 26 Jun 2020Wayne Gap, Heaves, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8DX
Received 10 Sept 2015Grass verges adjacent to 39-47 Kirk Flatt, GREAT URSWICK, LA12 0TB
Received 9 Mar 2018IVY COTTAGE, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 26 Jan 2015YANWATH C P SCHOOL, ASKHAM ROAD, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LA
Received 27 Nov 2015LAND EAST OF A6, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 13 Oct 2020Aynam Mills, KENDAL, LA9 7AH
Received 20 Dec 2021SUNNYSIDE, CATTERLEN, CA11 0BQ
Received 5 Feb 2019BRAMPTON HALL FARM, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JS
Received 8 Aug 2019County Hall, Busher Walk, Kendal, LA9 4RQ
Received 17 Feb 2016BARN AT OLD PARK, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 20 Jul 2018LAND AT BROUGHAM AVENUE, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DD
Received 11 Apr 2018THE COACH HOUSE, BROWNBER LANE, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NX
Received 11 Jan 2016Wreaks Causeway KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7XG
Received 28 May 2025COURTYARD COTTAGE, HIGH HEAD CASTLE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PN
Received 12 Sept 2017UNIT 2A, HAYTONS GARAGE, HAWESWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EU
Received 9 Feb 2021BECK BROW, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9RE
Received 8 Apr 2022Asda Stores Ltd, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7JA
Received 17 Aug 2021Wharton Barn, Park View, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6QF
Received 9 Mar 2016Waterside, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EZ
Received 8 Oct 2020Heversham House, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ER
Received 30 Jun 202216 Wordsworth Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7JW
Received 8 Oct 2019ROOKBY SCARTH, WINTON, CA17 4HU
Received 5 Oct 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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