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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,433 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greaves Popplemire Lane Old Hutton Kendal Cumbria LA8 0NA
Received 29 Aug 2024The Old Gas House 15 Mill Brow Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AT
Received 1 Apr 2026Tenement Tarn, Burneside, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9AG
Received 23 Dec 2014112 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 13 Feb 2020GARDEN AT FELLVIEW, 21A, MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AQ
Received 1 Mar 20131-3 CASTLE BAILEY, BEAST BANKS, KENDAL, LA9 4JJ
Received 13 Sept 2013WEST BROWNRIGG, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PF
Received 23 Jun 2023Land at Booths, Oubas Hill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LY
Received 6 May 2021Hawkswell Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PP
Received 18 Jun 2019EDEN BARN, EDEN MOUNT, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BZ
Received 10 Jul 201310 ROMAN ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8DZ
Received 21 Oct 20158 Parkside Drive Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0BU
Received 14 Jul 2026RAYNE, GAISGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3UD
Received 11 Feb 20163 Kentsford House, Kentsford Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7BB
Received 20 May 2016UNIT 7B, MARDALE ROAD, PENRITH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9EH
Received 1 Oct 2020OUTDOOR PURSUITS CENTRE, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EH
Received 25 Aug 2017RYDAL MOUNT, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LB
Received 6 Jul 201632 THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH, CA11 8TF
Received 31 May 2019WOODHOUSE, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DS
Received 28 Apr 202314 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AD
Received 27 Aug 2020Field and barn accessed opposite Moorhouse Farm, Scales, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PF
Received 17 Nov 2021BELDY HOUSE, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3DH
Received 17 Jan 202339 The Gill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BP
Received 18 Mar 2019UNIT1 SWAINSONS YARD, MYERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9DP
Received 21 Dec 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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