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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,551 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gateside Farm, Burneside, Kendal, LA9 5SE
Received 16 Oct 2014Outside Hall, Duke Street Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1PY
Received 30 Nov 2023CROSS BANK, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JF
Received 17 Nov 2023Blawith Farm, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EU
Received 11 Feb 2021Barn East of Sheriffs Park Wood Thrimby Penrith CA10 3EA
Received 4 Feb 202611 Greenbank Gardens, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RN
Received 4 Jun 20192 Mountbarrow Way, Ulverston, LA12 9NT
Received 28 Aug 2015Penrith Body Repairs Heritage House Blamire Road Eden Business Park PENRITH CA11 9FH
Received 19 Aug 202646 King Street PENRITH CA11 7AY
Received 27 Aug 2024Norfolk House 9 Thorny Hills KENDAL LA9 7AL
Received 27 Jul 2026LEVENS HOUSE FARM, MELLBECKS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4AA
Received 2 Apr 2009Former Lonsdale House Hotel, 11 Daltongate, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7BD
Received 1 Feb 2023NEWSHAM FARM, HUTTON ROOF, CA11 0XX
Received 9 Jun 2020Moor House Farm, Broughton Beck, Ulverston, LA12 7PP
Received 4 Jul 2012Honeythwaite, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6HD
Received 28 Oct 2015RAINE HILL, CHURCH BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EW
Received 9 Feb 2023THE STYLE BARN, SEBERGHAM, CARLISLE, CA5 7DX
Received 3 Apr 2023POLLAN, GLASSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1DU
Received 11 Feb 2019Land east of A65 and north of Sepulchre Lane, Summerlands, KENDAL, LA8 0FB
Received 15 Feb 2019ELSEGHYLL COTTAGE, MELMERBY, CA10 1HN
Received 16 Feb 2021The Rectory Greystoke Penrith CA11 0TJ
Received 21 Oct 2025BLUNDERFIELD EAST, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EX
Received 4 Mar 201620 Bracken Grove, Swarthmoor, Cumbria, LA12 0XG
Received 30 Jun 2015Office 1 Woodlands Close Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0EZ
Received 20 Jun 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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