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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,446 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 HILLERSDON TERRACE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PG
Received 19 Sept 2014Greenacres, Green Lane, FLOOKBURGH, LA11 7JT
Received 19 Mar 2018Plot 4 off Leighton Beck Road, Slack Head, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AX
Received 21 Jan 20214 Yealand Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9JB
Received 9 May 2023HONEYSUCKLE COTTAGE, 2 PARSONAGE FOLD, BEETHAM, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RJ
Received 17 Aug 2012OLD ST JOHNS CHURCH, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 19 Oct 2020Land at Victoria Square Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QA
Received 31 Mar 2025Herdwick Lodge Laithes Penrith CA11 0AN
Received 27 Mar 2024Land to south of Fieldside, Allithwaite Road, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7EH
Received 21 Jul 2014THE ASHES, RAUGHTON HEAD, CARLISLE, CA5 7DT
Received 17 Feb 2020LAND AT LANGWATHBY HALL FARM, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 25 Mar 2019HUTTON GRANGE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TS
Received 15 Oct 2021Fleet Farm, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PT
Received 7 Aug 20184 Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 3 Mar 2021Sellett Hall, Stainton, Kendal, Cumbria Cumbria, LA8 0LE
Received 28 Nov 2014Land west of Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9
Received 28 Oct 202292A LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 18 Aug 2020The Sheiling Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9LW
Received 3 Jan 2025UNIT 2A, J36 RURAL AUCTION MART, AGRICULTURAL QUARTER, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FP
Received 5 Mar 2013Hole House, Bents Lane, Casterton, KIRKBY LONSDALE, Cumbria, LA6 2LF
Received 12 Dec 20144 Trinity Drive, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QL
Received 14 Sept 2020Mint Cake Cottage, Low Fellside, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4NH
Received 27 Apr 2015Yew Tree, Hincaster, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7NF
Received 6 Oct 2015LIME RIGG, HESKET NEWMARKET, CA7 8JB
Received 20 Oct 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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