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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,407 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE OLD VICARAGE, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RQ
Received 17 May 2021COBBLETHWAITE, WREAY, CUMBRIA, CA4 0RZ
Received 23 Aug 20231 Town Bank Road, Ulverston, LA12 7DN
Received 20 Oct 2015The Homestead, 5 Woodland Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DX
Received 1 Apr 2021Land Between East Larches and Lynwood Beacon Edge Penrith
Received 30 Nov 2023Palmerston House and Newlyn, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EY
Received 29 Dec 20229 Ford Park Crescent, Ulverston, LA12 7JW
Received 16 Oct 2015PRINGLE HOUSE, ELLONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SN
Received 20 Jul 2022Land at Jack Hill, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QB
Received 22 Nov 2017BARROWMOOR FARM, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 11 Feb 2016Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 21 Jul 202131 Mitchelgate Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2BE
Received 22 Apr 2026Langdale View, North Road, HOLME, LA6 1QA
Received 7 Jun 2017COBBLE COURTYARD, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1DA
Received 20 Aug 201935 Jutland Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LF
Received 6 Jan 202015 Kirkland KENDAL LA9 5AF
Received 2 May 2025Levens Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0PD
Received 1 Jun 20158 Collin Croft, KENDAL, LA9 4HQ
Received 21 Jun 202131 THORPEFIELD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JN
Received 1 Jun 2015BECK HOUSE, WATSON TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 7ND
Received 15 Oct 2015Blau Bank, Windermere Road, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6EG
Received 19 Nov 2012Land to the South of Underbarrow Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RS
Received 4 Jun 2021PENRITH PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY, THE OLD SCHOOL, MEETING HOUSE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7TR
Received 1 Jun 2018THE ASHES, RAUGHTON HEAD, CARLISLE, CA5 7DT
Received 11 Oct 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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