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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,423 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Nethercroft, Lowgate, Levens, LA8 8LU
Received 2 Sept 2015Outside of 52 Sandylands Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EY
Received 2 Apr 2019Appleby Grammar School Battlebarrow APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6XU
Received 17 Apr 2025Meadow Bank Scales ULVERSTON LA12 0PE
Received 28 Jun 2024Bowston Garage, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HD
Received 9 Oct 201741 Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PP
Received 14 Jul 2022Stagstones Road Edenhall Penrith CA11 8TA
Received 3 Jan 202430 Middlegate Penrith CA11 7SY
Received 23 Mar 2026LAND NORTH OF THE A66, STAINTON, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 0EB
Received 23 May 2023Royal House, New Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Cumbria, LA6 2JX
Received 8 Dec 2014OLD WORKSHOP, PENRUDDOCK, PENRITH, CA11 0RD
Received 3 Sept 20212 THE FAULDS, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PB
Received 28 Jul 2020St Marys R C School, Springfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EA
Received 28 Jan 20211 Laurel Gardens, ULVERSTON, LA12 7FT
Received 20 Nov 20188 Horse Market Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AS
Received 18 Aug 2026Footway outside Maggie Puddle Cottage Haggs Lane Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PH
Received 31 Dec 2025STUDIO APARTMENT REAR OF REDSTONES, THE SANDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XR
Received 17 Oct 20197 FERNEY GREEN, KENDAL, LA9 4SW
Received 19 Aug 2013Breck House, Leighton Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BE
Received 13 Mar 2017Land Southwest of Carleton Hall Farm Carleton Avenue Penrith CA11 8RQ
Received 31 Jan 2024Land at Jack Hill, Allithwaite, Grange over Sands, LA11 7QB
Received 23 Dec 2016SOWERBY HALL, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 21 Apr 2020HALE GRANGE, MAIDEN WAY, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XS
Received 13 Jul 202027 High Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4JG
Received 23 May 2023Records 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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