Understanding planning · 13 min read
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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,515 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Swarthmoor Hall, Swarthmoor Hall Lane, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0JQ
Received 3 Jul 201513 Market Square, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AN
Received 8 Nov 2019Old Brewery Flat, Brewery Mount, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RH
Received 9 Feb 20211 Silver Howe Close, KENDAL, LA9 7NW
Received 6 Nov 2017ELLERTON GRANGE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LF
Received 22 Jun 2023LAND ADJACENT TO GARTH HOUSE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AH
Received 22 Jan 20211 OLD GOODS YARD, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BJ
Received 9 Jan 2023YANWATH HALL, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 26 Oct 2020Existing Telecommunications Pole and Compound, Kendal Fell, Serpentine Wood, The Tram, Queens Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QT
Received 21 Mar 201720 New Market Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LN
Received 19 Sept 2023ADJACENT TO THE C3007, EAST OF LOW PLAINS COTTAGES, CALTHWIATE, PENRITH
Received 15 Jun 20121 Ecclerigg Hall Barn, Killington, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HB
Received 5 Nov 2020220 Burneside Road KENDAL LA9 6EB
Received 3 Mar 2025Hill Farm House Cartmel Grange-over-sands Cumbria LA11 7SS
Received 14 Feb 2025Land adjacent Viewpoint & The Hermitage, Chapels, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XY
Received 4 Oct 2021Kentdale Landrover, Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6NZ
Received 18 Dec 20156 Bellmar Close, KENDAL, LA9 7TG
Received 25 May 2021The Old Bar Cavendish Street Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6QA
Received 6 Jul 20261 CEDAR CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 8TJ
Received 30 Jan 2018BLACKHALL YARD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA
Received 9 Sept 2013KNOTT VIEW, 2A CHAPEL, BECK CLOSE, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RG
Received 12 Nov 2014Grange over Sands Fire Station,, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DJ
Received 2 May 2018Pennington Nursery, Cross-A-Moor, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RT
Received 17 Dec 2019ACEL HOUSE, THE SIDINGS, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XR
Received 5 Mar 2018Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage