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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,560 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
WHITEFOLD, REAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3ER
Received 11 Feb 2013LAND SOUTH OF THE C3012, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NS
Received 14 Jun 2023Land off Carleton Hill Road Carleton PENRITH CA11 8TZ
Received 11 Apr 2025BARRAS EDGE, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ET
Received 11 Jun 2012ALLITHWAITE COMMUNITY CENTRE, QUARRY LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QJ
Received 10 Dec 20121 KIRKHOUSES, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 4 Nov 201625 BYRNES CLOSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PE
Received 26 Mar 2013Laitha Cottage, High Casterton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2SD
Received 18 Apr 2016Flowerden House,Church Street, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7DX
Received 9 Jul 2013CROFT HOUSE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PF
Received 29 Aug 2017Land off Blamire Road Eden Business Park Penrith CA11 9FD
Received 29 Oct 2024Ashmeadow House, The Promenade, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AD
Received 26 Aug 2014ALSTON HIGHWAYS DEPOT, CHAPEL TERRACE, ALSTON, CA9 3SW
Received 4 May 2020HIGH RAISE, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LB
Received 29 Jan 2021LAND AT BLENCATHRA VIEW, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 17 Feb 201518 Lower Brook Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7FH
Received 24 Oct 201219 THE CRESCENT, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4AF
Received 12 Dec 201420 High Fellside, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4JG
Received 1 Apr 2015ROUNDTHWAITE FARM, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XU
Received 22 Feb 201636 Main Street, FLOOKBURGH, LA11 7LA
Received 15 Dec 20162 Summit Cottages Wickersgill Shap PENRITH CA10 3QL
Received 28 May 2026FIELD AT SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA, CA4 0LL
Received 22 Dec 2015LYNIAN, CROSS END, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XN
Received 14 Sept 201612 Greengate, KENDAL, LA9 5LJ
Received 28 Aug 2019Records 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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