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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,494 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Biggins House, High Biggins, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2NP
Received 22 Mar 2017Bunkers Hill Greystoke PENRITH CA11 0UP
Received 7 Jun 202442 Main Street, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LA
Received 24 Jul 2019THE BARN, SNUFF MILL LANE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 10 Sept 2015The Miles Thompson, Allhallows Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4JH
Received 25 Aug 2023Squirrels Eden Mount GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BZ
Received 5 Dec 2025BYRE AT BLENCOW HALL, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DF
Received 13 Sept 2019LAZONBY C OF E SCHOOL, LAZONBY, CA10 1BL
Received 16 Jul 2020Royal Hotel, Main Street, BURTON-IN-KENDAL, LA6 1LY
Received 17 Aug 2020Trino, Willow Lane, Flookburgh, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7LU
Received 1 Sept 201410 CARLETON FIELDS, PENRITH, CA11 8UQ
Received 12 Dec 2012The Pastures, Templands Lane, Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7QY
Received 23 Oct 2014Swarthmoor Hall, Swarthmoor, Ulverston, LA12 0JQ
Received 19 Sept 201419 Mint Street Kendal Cumbria LA9 6DS
Received 31 May 2024SWALLOW BARN, COUPLAND BECK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LN
Received 6 Jan 2022Unitarian Church Market Place KENDAL LA9 4TN
Received 17 Oct 20234 Angel Square Penrith CA11 7BT
Received 20 May 2025Woodland adjoining 1 Woodlands Close, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EZ
Received 19 Sept 2023FELL VIEW, MILLHOUSE, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8HR
Received 22 Feb 2017Land North of Laurel Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 6FE
Received 17 Apr 2023CHADWELL HOUSE, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 11 Jan 2013BEWALDETH, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PA
Received 26 Mar 2012LAND AT FERNWOOD, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SR
Received 4 Dec 2017Cumbria View Redhills Penrith CA11 0DR
Received 9 May 2025Records 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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