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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,565 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ASHVILLE, NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JN
Received 28 Aug 2015Headless Cross Cottage, Cark Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SF
Received 27 Jul 2017Lupton Hall, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PX
Received 30 Aug 2019FORMER METHODIST CHAPEL, SILVER LANE, SPARK BRIDGE, CUMBRIA, LA12 7SY
Received 20 Sept 2012SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2AY
Received 17 May 201246 Mountbarrow Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NS
Received 17 May 2019STONE EAGLES, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 25 Sept 2023Land South East of World Owl Centre Former Newton Rigg Campus Newton Rigg Penrith CA11 0AA
Received 9 Sept 2025CRANSTONS LTD, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7EH
Received 10 Oct 2011BARN ADJOINING CROOKSBECK, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LJ
Received 29 Feb 2016Biggins Home Farm, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 1 Jun 2020LIMEKILN BARN, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 6 Oct 201612 Hayfell Avenue KENDAL LA9 7JL
Received 7 Jul 2026West Wood, Park Road, Sandside, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JU
Received 16 Dec 201468 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TX
Received 6 Nov 2014Alston Moor Golf Club Alston CA9 3DB
Received 28 Feb 2024Outside 36/37 Hall Park, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6QF
Received 24 Jun 2022Rose Villa, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BL
Received 15 Feb 2018The Farm Shop Goadsbarrow Farm Main Road Baycliff ULVERSTON, LA12 9RW
Received 11 Dec 2023Tearnside Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PU
Received 18 Jul 2022THE GRANGE, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NG
Received 28 Nov 20114 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 8 Dec 20205 Rosside Cottages, Rosside, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NS
Received 20 Jan 2023Former Citroen showroom, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 19 Apr 2017Records 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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