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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,435 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 2008 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grange Pharmacy, Main Street, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6DY
Received 6 Feb 2019Land East of B6412 & North of Gale House Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9NA
Received 23 Dec 2024Hartlands, 2 Fernhill Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7JD
Received 23 Dec 2016South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4UG
Received 13 Feb 20152 Springfield Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0BT
Received 4 Dec 202366 Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 1 May 201834 Greenways Drive, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EL
Received 9 Jun 2020Adjacent Spar shop 2 Hayfell Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 7JL
Received 28 Mar 2022Hampsfell House Hotel, Hampsfell Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6BG
Received 28 Nov 2017LAND TO REAR OF TEMPLE SOWERBY MEDICAL CENTRE, TEMPLE SOWERBY
Received 12 Jan 2018Church Hill Church Brough Kirkby Stephen CA17 4EJ
Received 5 Feb 2025THE LAKES FIELD, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 9 Nov 2022Silver Street Gardens Kirkby Stephen
Received 21 May 2024Land off Fairthorns Road, Old Hutton, KENDAL
Received 5 May 2016CHAPEL COTTAGE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TE
Received 3 Mar 2016127 Lingmoor Rise KENDAL LA9 7PL
Received 20 Feb 2025LAND OFF MILE LANE, PENRITH
Received 14 Oct 2022Holly Tree House 3 The Flags Ford Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PN
Received 28 Jun 2024KEER FALLS FOREST FARM, ARKHOLME, CARNFORTH, LA6 1AP
Received 31 Jul 20124 BRACKENRIGG, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PX
Received 20 Jan 2023GILTS, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JR
Received 15 Sept 2015Thornleigh Christian Hotel, 26 The Esplanade, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HH
Received 12 Jul 2022Parsons Hill, Barbon, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2LS
Received 11 Nov 2015Land at Jack Hill, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7QB
Received 11 Aug 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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