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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,564 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 4 May 2020MEABURN HILL FARM, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3HN
Received 29 Jan 20165 Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 21 Jun 2021RAVENSTONE MANOR, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HB
Received 15 Oct 2014Bergville, Moss Lane, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EE
Received 12 Oct 20183 WORDSWORTH TERRACE, DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7QT
Received 1 Feb 2022LAND OPPOSITE 1 & 2 MOSS SIDE COTTAGES, EDENHALL, CA11 8SU
Received 20 Nov 201741 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UQ
Received 27 Nov 2014Hale Head Farm, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BN
Received 12 Jun 2017HILLSIDE FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LN
Received 14 May 2018SEWBORWENS FARM, NEWTON ROAD, NEWTON RIGG, PENRITH, CA11 0AG
Received 22 Jun 2023GRETA COTTAGE, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 3 May 2013Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL, LA9 4BD
Received 31 Jul 20209 BROUGHAM HALL GARDENS, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DB
Received 3 Aug 2023METHODIST CHURCH, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PF
Received 16 Oct 2014Swallow Cottage, Netherhouses, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PR
Received 11 Jul 2015Rushy Lea, Foxfield, BROUGHTON IN FURNESS, LA20 6BU
Received 17 Jan 20179, JUBILEE LODGE BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7SQ
Received 14 May 202250 Bleaswood Road Oxenholme KENDAL LA9 7EZ
Received 19 Feb 20265 Sandath Gardens Fell Lane PENRITH CA11 8BG
Received 7 Apr 2025EAST BROWNRIGG, LOW DYKE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 26 Jun 201829 Horncop Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4SR
Received 22 Aug 2022CROFT HOUSE, TOWNHEAD LANE, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 4 Sept 201338 - 39 GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH, CA11 7BN
Received 18 May 2022Records 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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