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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,449 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Charcoal Barn, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 9 Sept 2021GREEN HOLME, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HB
Received 17 Apr 2023SHED AT YANWATH HALL, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 22 Jul 20214 Parkside Drive Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0BU
Received 9 Jul 2026Kilsyke, 17 Princes Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NB
Received 10 May 2017Methodist Church Renwick PENRITH CA10 1JT
Received 5 Feb 2026LINDENTHWAITE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 8BN
Received 20 Sept 2021Greenways Gatebeck Kendal Cumbria LA8 0HW
Received 19 Nov 2024Cockfish Hall, Sandside, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UA
Received 18 Feb 2020LAND TO REAR OF 8 MONNINGTON WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8QJ
Received 25 Jan 20133 Boarbank Farm, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7QU
Received 23 Jul 2018ALDERSYDE, ST MICHAELS LANE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UH
Received 27 Jan 2020RIVERSIDE COTTAGE, SEDGWICK, KENDAL, LA8 0JZ
Received 23 Aug 20139 PARKLANDS VIEW, PENRITH, CA11 8TE
Received 1 Apr 2020Bannister Barn, Mireside Farm, Mansergh, CARNFORTH, LA6 2EP
Received 15 Oct 2021LAND ADJACENT TO PROSPECT VIEW, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BU
Received 14 Jun 20164 Garden Court, ULVERSTON, LA12 0UF
Received 18 Dec 2019Manjushri Buddhist Centre, Conishead Priory, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QQ
Received 30 Nov 2020Land off Willow Drive, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6AY
Received 17 Mar 2015LAND BETWEEN PARK VIEW AND JOINERS BROW, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BQ
Received 16 Nov 202130 Kirkhead Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DB
Received 23 Mar 2021MILBURN GRANGE, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DR
Received 3 May 2023K VILLAGE, 1 RIVERSIDE PLACE, LOUND ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7FH
Received 20 Nov 2013CENTER PARCS, , WHINFELL FOREST VILLAGE, WHINFELL, PENRITH, CA10 2DW
Received 17 Feb 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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