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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,503 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
FAR HILLTOP FARM, BLAGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3NB
Received 22 Jul 2013Marion 98 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 17 Sept 2019MILBURN VILLAGE HALL, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TL
Received 22 Dec 2016HELM BAR, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 24 Aug 2015Outerthwaite Farm, Allithwaite Road, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JP
Received 4 Nov 2021Stricklandgate House, 92 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4PU
Received 20 Feb 2023Land to the south of 66 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6BE
Received 27 May 2022CHERRY TREE COTTAGE, SITE ADJACENT TO ROSE COTTAGE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PT
Received 8 Aug 2012LAND ADJ TO A6, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NE
Received 18 Apr 2016Kentcliffe, Charney Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6BP
Received 17 Nov 2016CLEAR VIEW FARM LODGE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0SF
Received 7 Mar 20224 The Flags Ford Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PN
Received 29 Jul 2026Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 11 Jan 2022FAIRVIEW, BATTLEBARROW, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XT
Received 22 May 2017Unit 5 Sedan Building Cavendish Way Penrith CA11 7GS
Received 28 Nov 2025Kendal Tutorial Centre,, Canal Head North, KENDAL, LA9 7BY
Received 14 Jun 2016MAINS COTTAGE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AY
Received 5 Apr 2019Land on the West Side of Cowper Road Eden Business Park PENRITH CA11 9FW
Received 6 May 2026HOLME LODGE, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HN
Received 26 Oct 2015WHITBURN COTTAGE, ALSTON, CA9 3DA
Received 27 Nov 2015Land at Skelly Crag, Foxfield, BROUGHTON in FURNESS, LA20 6BU
Received 7 Feb 2018SLEDDAL HOUSE, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4QT
Received 2 Jan 2013Dean Gibson School Field, Hawesmead Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5HB
Received 23 Apr 2018Burton Morewood C Of E Primary School, Main Street, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1ND
Received 6 Jul 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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