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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 3 Oct 20196 Woodside Close Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0HP
Received 20 Mar 2025The Lancastrian Hotel, Mountbarrow Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9NR
Received 7 Sept 2015LORNE HOUSE, MEETING HOUSE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7TR
Received 29 Apr 2020GOODWOOD, CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8LT
Received 13 Jan 2022Land behind 4, 6 & 8 Mitchelgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BE
Received 17 Nov 2020Syke House, Brigsteer, KENDAL, LA8 8AP
Received 22 Jul 2015Fieldhouse Barn Hoff Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6EQ
Received 17 Dec 20251 Braddylls Court Main Street Bardsea ULVERSTON LA12 9SR
Received 27 Jun 2025MARL Business Park, Morecambe Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9BN
Received 12 Mar 201513-15 & 17 The Market Hall Market Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AU
Received 16 Oct 2025The Pastures Lodge Park Templand Lane Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QY
Received 11 Dec 202513 Gawith Place, KENDAL, LA9 4EA
Received 10 Oct 2016Land Adjacent The Green Tower, Green Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QR
Received 28 Mar 2022The Croft, Cow Brow, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PJ
Received 8 Feb 2023LAND AT HOLMES HOUSE, HEXHAM ROAD, ALSTON
Received 20 Nov 201212 Spital Park KENDAL LA9 6HG
Received 4 Oct 2024Tosca Farm Workshop, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2QE
Received 2 Nov 2018Willowfield Parkside Road Kendal LA9 7BL
Received 17 Dec 2024Beldy House Garrigill ALSTON CA9 3DH
Received 8 Oct 202411 Mitchelgate Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2BE
Received 16 May 2025TOWN HEAD FARM, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NQ
Received 22 Jul 2015Hillside, Kendal Green, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5PT
Received 13 Nov 20173 GREYSTOKE PARK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9BT
Received 8 Jul 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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