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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cowshed, Hagg Foot House, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9AB
Received 22 Nov 2017BEACON SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 8AJ
Received 17 Aug 20155 Town Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EY
Received 15 Sept 2022WINDER HOUSE, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DB
Received 10 Aug 2023HOW HILL FARM, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 8 Dec 2017Unnamed road off A68, adjacent to Millriggs Farm, New Hutton, KENDAL
Received 5 Dec 2018Royal Hotel, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AE
Received 18 Nov 2020Pye Motors Mint Bridge Road KENDAL LA9 6NF
Received 24 Sept 2026Town Head House High Street KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4SH
Received 4 Dec 2023LOW BARN, FLAKEBRIDGE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JZ
Received 26 Aug 20222 Castle Gardens, Queen Katherine Street, KENDAL, LA9 7DQ
Received 23 Aug 2017St Annes Hospital Boroughgate Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6XQ
Received 28 Jun 2024GARTH HOUSE, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NN
Received 16 Feb 20181 Oglebird Cottages Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 2AN
Received 17 Sept 202415 Wray Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 7NX
Received 30 Mar 2021Ambulance Station Bridge Lane PENRITH CA11 8HY
Received 3 Jan 2025Priory Park House, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QG
Received 20 Jul 2018SKIRWITH HALL COTTAGE, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RH
Received 30 Nov 2022Bridlecroft, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EJ
Received 3 May 2023Land off Greenbank Road Eden Business Park Penrith CA11 9FB
Received 20 May 2024Crag Side, Plantation Bridge, KENDAL, LA8 9JA
Received 29 Apr 2021BANK VIEW, ROOKBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HX
Received 21 Feb 2022BARN AT CELLERON SOUTH FARM, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2LS
Received 29 Oct 2020Post Office, Main Street, Greenodd, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RB
Received 21 Feb 2022Records 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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