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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,538 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BIGGINS LODGE COTTAGE, HIGH BIGGINS, LA6 2NP
Received 16 Jan 2012Former Armadale Hotel Arrad Foot ULVERSTON LA12 7SL
Received 5 Nov 202525 Ford Park Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JR
Received 10 Jul 2023LAND TO THE WEST OF GILLIANS WELL, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 10 Jun 2015Land at Bowthwaite Bridge Farm, Selside, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9EE
Received 21 Apr 2015Lambert Manor Kirkhead Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BG
Received 10 Dec 2024Willow Tree Barn Milburn PENRITH CA10 1TW
Received 1 Jul 20263 Kilmidyke Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AL
Received 19 May 2022Stonecross Manor Hotel, Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HP
Received 15 Dec 2017UNIT 34, GILWILLY ROAD, GILWILLY IND EST, PENRITH, CA11 9BF
Received 10 Jun 2021Opposite Shangrila Milnthorpe Road Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1PX
Received 14 Nov 2023Flat 1 33-35 Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AF
Received 2 Aug 2017BARN AT FARADY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QJ
Received 26 Jun 2017Westmorland Ltd, , TEBAY SOUTH SERVICE AREA, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SB
Received 20 Dec 2019GHYLL MOUNT, GILLAN WAY, PENRITH 40 BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9BP
Received 4 Oct 20121 (ROWAN TREE), GATEHEAD, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3EB
Received 14 Feb 2020NORTH FRIARAGE, FRIARGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7XR
Received 3 Nov 201756 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 5 Jul 20222 Kentrigg, KENDAL, LA9 6EE
Received 8 Mar 201943 Bellingham Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5JP
Received 21 Feb 20226 Eggerslack Terrace, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6EQ
Received 11 May 2015Hill Farm House,, Cartmel, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7SS
Received 8 Oct 2015LAND WEST OF SOCKBRIDGE, THORPE FIELD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 3 Feb 202072 Greenside, Kendal, LA9 5DT
Received 17 Jul 2014Records 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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