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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,467 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Oxenholme Road KENDAL LA9 7NJ
Received 30 Nov 2023LAND AT PEA FOOT, ADJ RIVER BEND, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 26 Jul 2016HEWER HILL FARM, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8HZ
Received 12 Apr 2023FIELD ADJACENT TO MILL HOUSE, MIDDLETON, LA6 2LY
Received 28 Mar 20135 Vicars Hill, Kendal, LA9 5DA
Received 5 Jul 2016Lower Flat Holme Lyon Main Road Burneside Kendal LA9 6QX
Received 1 May 2025LAND SOUTH EAST TEMPLARS COURT, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SR
Received 28 Apr 20173 BARUGH COTTAGES, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9RQ
Received 4 Feb 2015My Kebab 37 Middlegate PENRITH CA11 7PT
Received 30 Oct 20255 PHOENIX PARK, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SD
Received 2 Jun 2017MELMERBY MILL, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HA
Received 21 Jul 2015LAND BETWEEN FERN BANK & EAST VIEW, REAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3ER
Received 23 Apr 2019Waterhouse Mills, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AR
Received 8 Feb 2018COBBLETHWAITE, WREAY, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA, CA4 0RZ
Received 4 Dec 2015Barn off Caton Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7LD
Received 27 Feb 2023HUTTON PARK BARN, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0AY
Received 24 Jan 2012IVY HOUSE, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DN
Received 19 Dec 2022Stevensgate Barn Stevensgate Long Marton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6BN
Received 23 Jun 2025Grandy Nook, Low Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4NZ
Received 14 Jun 2021LOW FIELD, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DJ
Received 5 Sept 201619 Hillcrest Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BB
Received 12 Jan 202323 Aldercroft, KENDAL, LA9 5BQ
Received 31 May 2016Far Mountbarrow Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SB
Received 1 Apr 202025 Ford Park Crescent ULVERSTON LA12 7JR
Received 1 Dec 2025Records 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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