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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,470 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Canal Cottage, Hincaster, Milnthorpe, LA7 7ND
Received 26 Nov 201524 Cavendish Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 24 Mar 2016November House, Gleaston, Ulverston, LA12 0QA
Received 8 Aug 2013LAND BETWEEN LADYBECK AND 1 GREEN KILN, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JF
Received 11 Apr 2023Rose Cottage Aynsome Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PR
Received 17 Apr 2025Tall Chimneys, Biggins Old Hall, High Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 9 Aug 2019Coastguards View, Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AT
Received 13 Jun 2022Steel Croft, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9LB
Received 22 Dec 2022The Vicarage Priest Lane Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PU
Received 13 Feb 2026BOLTON METHODIST CHURCH, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AU
Received 11 Aug 2017KEARTON HOUSE, MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3HS
Received 6 Feb 2018Land adjacent to 35 Queen Katherine Street KENDAL LA9 7DG
Received 30 Jun 2025BEEHIVE INN, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BX
Received 4 Feb 201344 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AY
Received 9 May 20184 The Fold, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PA
Received 24 Mar 2020LAND SOUTH OF BEACON VIEW, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NN
Received 19 Jul 2022Finlandia, Jack Hill, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7RL
Received 13 Jun 2019LAND EAST OF TOWNEND CROFT, CLIFTON, PENRITH
Received 12 May 2017TYSON H BURRIDGE LTD, LORRY PARK, UNIT 16 COWPER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9BN
Received 21 Mar 20228 Plantation Grove, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HY
Received 15 Nov 2022Land South of Lumley Road, KENDAL, LA9 5FH
Received 3 Nov 2021LOCKHOLMEHEAD, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NN
Received 29 Jan 2015HILL TOP, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NB
Received 2 Nov 2012Swarthmoor Hall, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JQ
Received 3 May 2019Records 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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