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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,501 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 BANKFIELD GARDEN, KENDAL, LA9 5DX
Received 31 Jul 201313 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XF
Received 15 Jul 2021SITE ADJACENT TO PASTURE HOUSE, UNTHANK, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH
Received 11 May 2021Willow Cottage, Keasdale Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JZ
Received 25 Nov 201923 High Gillinggrove, Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 9 Nov 2018THE CHAPEL, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PN
Received 5 Mar 20202 Boarbank Farm, Boarbank Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QU
Received 26 Nov 2020SPRINGFIELD COTTAGE, LAMONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SS
Received 7 Aug 2017Vision Express, Unit 9, Westmorland Shopping Centre, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4LR
Received 24 Nov 2014IVY HOUSE FARM, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3DU
Received 15 Sept 202014 Rusland Park, Kendal, LA9 6AJ
Received 6 May 2015Garage site east of Castle Drive, off Parkside Road, adjacent to Oxenholme-Windermere Railway Line, KENDAL, LA9 7DU
Received 24 Jun 2020LAND TO THE SOUTH OF BURTLANDS FARM, BURTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HR
Received 28 Mar 2013CROWN INN, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DG
Received 18 May 201222 Hillswood Avenue KENDAL LA9 5BT
Received 7 Oct 2024PLOT 12, CANAL HEAD ALLOTMENTS, KENDAL
Received 15 Jul 2013THE EDEN EMPORIUM, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QT
Received 18 Feb 20199 Collinfield, KENDAL, LA9 5JD
Received 18 Aug 2016COMMERCIAL UNIT ADJACENT TO SANDALE, COUPLAND BECK, APPLEBY, CA16 6LN
Received 2 Mar 202032 Castle Street, KENDAL, LA9 7AS
Received 6 Jul 2021THE CLOISTERS, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QN
Received 7 Jul 2017Low Mill House, Beckside, Kirkby In Furness, LA17 7TQ
Received 2 Oct 2015EDGE FARM, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XZ
Received 16 Mar 2015Uplands Hotel, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6HD
Received 21 Sept 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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