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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,522 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
W M Morrison, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 31 Oct 20222 GREENGATE GARDENS, LEVENS, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA8 8QL
Received 5 Nov 2012SHAP SPORTS CENTRE, CROWN GARDENS, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LP
Received 7 Feb 201331 Landsdown Close, KENDAL, LA9 7SB
Received 4 Jun 2021LAND OFF HOGHOUSE HILL ROAD, NEWBIGGIN, STAINTON, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 4 Oct 201232 Soutergate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7ER
Received 2 Oct 2019High Bracken Hall, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HS
Received 30 Aug 2018MELMERBY MILL, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HA
Received 10 Mar 2016PART FIELD NORTH EAST OF IVY COTTAGE, AIKETGATE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TH
Received 7 Nov 2017Kendal Parks Farm, Kendal Parks Road, Kendal, LA9 7RA
Received 18 Nov 2014LAND SOUT EAST OF RECTORY FARM ROAD, BROUGHAM, PENRITH
Received 22 Jan 2019Land at Brigsteer Road (Phase 3) KENDAL LA9
Received 24 Jun 2024Land South of Windyridge Bolton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6AW
Received 17 Sept 202413 Lowther Street Penrith CA11 7UW
Received 22 Apr 2026West View Farm Brough KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4DS
Received 31 Mar 2026LAND TO THE WEST OF MILNTHORPE ROAD, HOLME, LA6 1PX
Received 9 May 2012ACHNAMARA, ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TX
Received 4 Jan 2019Gynring, Little Urswick, Ulverston, LA12 0PL
Received 30 Jul 2014Castle Rigg, Lyndene Drive, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6QP
Received 1 Oct 2014STONERIGGS, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LS
Received 9 Jun 2016Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, Kendal, LA9 4BH
Received 17 Mar 2015GRP Substation Site, Black Dyke Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HH
Received 11 Apr 2023Land adjacent to Flosh Fields, Scales, Ulverston, LA12 0PF
Received 14 Aug 2013ID 6, 7 & 8 Fellgate House Cartmel Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QA
Received 23 Dec 2024Records 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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