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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.
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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,455 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bridge End, Levens, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8EJ
Received 28 Jan 2015LAND AT CARLTON HILL ROAD, PENRITH
Received 16 Sept 20201 Caraway Close ULVERSTON LA12 9NF
Received 27 Mar 2025Oakbank Parkin Hill APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6EA
Received 17 Sept 2024Morrisons Supermarkets Plc, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 20 Feb 2017Cartmel Priory Gatehouse Cottage, The Square, Cartmel, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 14 Jun 2016STONEBARN COTTAGE, LOW GALLIGILL FARM, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LW
Received 4 Sept 2015Lambrigg Wind Farm, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AP
Received 23 Dec 2022High Gateside Farm, Beckside, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7SN
Received 24 Feb 2021Wanganui, 1 The Mews, Rosside, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NR
Received 16 Apr 2020Stonecross Mansion, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RY
Received 6 Apr 2021Land at Blenket Farm, Jack Hill, Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7RL
Received 10 Jun 201613 Oxlands, Station Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1RG
Received 28 Sept 2020LAND AT CASTLE CROFT, AIKETGATE, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 18 Jun 20138 Swarthdale Avenue ULVERSTON LA12 9HY
Received 2 May 2025SANDSIDE FARM, CARR BANK ROAD, CARR BANK, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LB
Received 15 Aug 2012Kirkbarrow Farm Greystoke Penrith CA11 0SF
Received 6 Mar 2025Croft House, Leece, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QU
Received 5 Mar 2021Grange C Of E School 4 Fell Drive GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JF
Received 30 Aug 2024PRINGLE HOUSE, ELLONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SN
Received 30 Aug 2017HILLSIDE COTTAGE, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3EX
Received 25 Sept 2019LAND AT KETTLESIDE FARM, PENRITH, CA11 9NQ
Received 9 Sept 2015Plot between the Lodge and Low Meadow, Cat Tree Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7ED
Received 16 Dec 2015Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SH
Received 20 Nov 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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