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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,504 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Low Sunbrick Farm, Sunbrick, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RE
Received 2 Nov 2015Cornmillers Cottage, BURTON IN KENDAL, LA6 1JG
Received 10 May 2018Highfield Farm, Beggarside Hill, Haverflatts Lane, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DG
Received 23 Jul 2018Grievgate, Leasgill, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EY
Received 5 Sept 2023Ulverston Golf Club Bardsea Bardsea ULVERSTON LA12 9QJ
Received 1 Apr 2026PENRITH RAILWAY STATION, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 9 Dec 2015Land at Nook Farm Colt House Lane ULVERSTON LA12 0SG
Received 8 Sept 202629 LAUREL GARDENS, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6FE
Received 10 Apr 2012MORTON SCEUGH, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LS
Received 25 Jun 2018Gascow Farm, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QE
Received 17 Jun 2016PENRITH NEW SQUARES, SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JH
Received 18 Sept 2012EDENSIDE GARAGE, NORTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RP
Received 11 Oct 2018HUNTER HALL, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 22 Aug 20121 FRIARY FIELDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UT
Received 12 Feb 2021Captain French Lane Surgery, Captain French Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4HR
Received 23 Sept 2014Land adj School House Brougham PENRITH CA10 2AE
Received 11 Jun 2024Land East of Bridge End Farm Clifton Penrith CA10 2EA
Received 2 Dec 2024Land Adjacent to North Lodge Crooklands Milnthorpe Cumbria LA7 7NP
Received 14 Feb 20254 Greengate, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8NF
Received 21 Jul 2016LAND BETWEEN HILL TOP AND MYRTLE COTTAGE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HS
Received 6 Mar 2019OLD DANS, CARK HOUSE COURT, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PE
Received 17 Aug 2012Land to the North East of High House Farmhouse Catterlen Penrith Cumbria CA11 0BQ
Received 10 Sept 2026Garden of Pine Trees Fernleigh Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7HG
Received 6 Sept 2024TYNEDALE HOUSE, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3DU
Received 29 Aug 2013Records 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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