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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
JERUSALEM FARM, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BB
Received 4 Jul 2018Queen Katherine School, Appleby Road, KENDAL, LA9 6PJ
Received 16 Feb 2023ORCHARD HOUSE, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SX
Received 12 Mar 2015Oxenholme House, Helmside Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7HD
Received 25 Sept 2018Greaves Wood, 25 Laneside Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BS
Received 17 Feb 202512 Church Walk, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7EN
Received 14 Mar 20137 Central Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LD
Received 6 Apr 20186 FELL HOUSE, MAIN ST, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NY
Received 1 Jul 2015Hagg Foot Barn, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9AB
Received 28 Feb 2020LAND ADJACENT TO STEPHENSON CROFT, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BE
Received 18 May 2015High Mill Factory Factory Lane The Butts Alston CA9 3JU
Received 13 Jun 20241 GASGARTH HOUSE, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AA
Received 26 Jun 2015Berguille, Moss Lane, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EE
Received 15 Jun 2016Open field known as The Grammar Field between Croftside and Greenbank Lane Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7SG
Received 22 Jan 20246 Spital View KENDAL LA9 4NX
Received 11 Dec 20241 The Crescent, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6AW
Received 5 Nov 2020LAND WEST OF SOCKBRIDGE, THORPE FIELD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 11 Mar 2021Manjushri KMC, Conishead Priory, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QQ
Received 6 Jun 2022Land at Booths Supermarket, Oubas Hill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LY
Received 19 Jul 2019The Willows Great Urswick ULVERSTON LA12 0ST
Received 28 Sept 20263 CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 8 Jun 2015Williamsgill Milburn Road Newbiggin Temple Sowerby CA10 1SW
Received 10 Jul 2024The Old Pele Croglin Carlisle CA4 9RZ
Received 3 Dec 2024Land in and around Kirkby Stephen
Received 13 Jan 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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