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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,497 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
15 - 17 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4LY
Received 25 Jun 2019SOUTH VIEW, MOTHERBY, PENRITH, CA11 0RL
Received 8 Nov 2017Kings Head Queen Street ULVERSTON LA12 7AF
Received 27 Jan 20266 MARKET PLACE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4TN
Received 12 Mar 2012FIELD LAND AT THORNGATE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BU
Received 3 Mar 2017Old Vicarage Front Street ALSTON CA9 3RE
Received 11 Mar 202431 CUMBERLAND CLOSE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EN
Received 23 Nov 2018Station Bridge Building Plumpton PENRITH CA11 9PA
Received 14 May 2026LOW CROSS, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY, CA16 6QN
Received 21 May 201915 CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 19 May 20157 DUNFELL VIEW, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UT
Received 12 Sept 2017The Stables High Bridge Dalston CARLISLE CA5 7DS
Received 20 Jan 202528 Empsom Road, KENDAL, LA9 5PS
Received 22 Jul 2020HIGH FIELD FARM, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2LG
Received 4 Dec 2020Land at Eskrigg End Road Old Hutton Kendal Cumbria LA8 0NU
Received 19 Jun 202452 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 1 Sept 2015HADDERDALE, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ES
Received 10 Feb 2017Croft View Church Road, Allithwaite, GRANGE OVER SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7RF
Received 24 Mar 2015THE LABS, SKIRSGILL DEPOT, PENRITH, CA10 2BQ
Received 4 May 2020FELLSIDE, FERNHILL ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 4 Jul 2013Shepherd Green Toft, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9AY
Received 8 Jun 2017LAND TO THE EAST OF THE THORPE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TJ
Received 13 Nov 2020Dunelm, Shawfield Road, BAYCLIFF, LA12 9RG
Received 24 Jun 2016ELECTRICITY DEPOT, NEWTONGATE DEPOT, PENRITH, CA11 0AB
Received 10 Jun 2016Records 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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