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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,425 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Empson Hill, Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PT
Received 31 May 2023High House, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1RL
Received 20 Nov 2017DYKE NOOK, SANDFORD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NS
Received 5 Oct 2016Patton Hall Farm, Patton, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 9DT
Received 16 Mar 201516 Prince's Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NB
Received 29 Nov 201716 JEFFERSON GARTH, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UA
Received 11 Nov 2022Land Adjacent to, Ashmount Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BX
Received 17 Mar 2020Moss House Farm, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7UY
Received 18 Nov 2016Yew Trees, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 3 Sept 20212 BRENTFIELD WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8DQ
Received 23 Jan 2013LAND OFF SCAUR LANE, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 28 Mar 2013Roadside opposite Raughtongill Southwaite CARLISLE CA4 0LA
Received 6 Aug 2024LANGWATHBY HALL FARM, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 7 Apr 2015OLD CARRIAGE BARN, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9AS
Received 13 Jun 2022Low Flan Farm, Mansriggs, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 7 Apr 202114 Sandgate, KENDAL, LA9 6HT
Received 21 Dec 2015LOW STENNERSKEUGH, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LL
Received 29 Oct 2015Peel Oak, New Barns Road, Arnside, Cumbria, LA5 0BB
Received 4 Jun 201530 Birkbeck Close, KENDAL, LA9 7PW
Received 30 Jun 2021MYLNACK, ACKENTHWAITE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FL
Received 13 Sept 2012Barton Cottage Margate Cross Tirril Penrith CA10 2LN
Received 23 Feb 20266 Hill Close, KENDAL, LA9 5LW
Received 18 Sept 202041 BIRKBECK GARDENS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4TH
Received 8 Aug 2018Land to rear of properties Lyndene - Garfield, Holme Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7QD
Received 3 Apr 2017Records 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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