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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,473 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BROAD OAKS, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AL
Received 21 Jun 2022ST JOHNS THE BAPTIST CHURCH, 33 ALLITHWAITE ROAD, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JR
Received 27 Sept 2013Tower House, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EN
Received 14 May 2021PALLET HILL FARM, PALLET HILL, PENRITH, CA11 0BY
Received 27 Aug 2020INGLEDENE, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PH
Received 25 Feb 202140 SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8RB
Received 8 Sept 20223 Union Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BU
Received 3 Aug 2016Land adjacent to the north side of Natland Mill Beck Lane, KENDAL, LA9 7XX
Received 20 Dec 2018MARK CLOSE, ALSTON, CA9 3BD
Received 15 Feb 2022Old Hall Crooklands MILNTHORPE LA7 7NP
Received 7 May 2024The Joiners Shop 1 Leighton Beck Road Slack Head MILNTHORPE LA7 7AX
Received 21 Jan 20261 CHERRY GARDENS, PENRITH, CA11 8UE
Received 2 Mar 201622 Collin Croft, Kendal, LA9 4TH
Received 9 Dec 2015WILLOW GARTH, GREEN LANE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 31 Jan 2013Heron Theatre Stanley Street Beetham MILNTHORPE LA7 7AS
Received 24 Nov 2023South Villa, 94 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 22 Nov 2017Land to south of Lumley Road, KENDAL, LA9
Received 14 Jun 20181 Church Villas, Church Walk, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JX
Received 18 Jun 2021Beck House Cottage, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9ET
Received 23 Oct 2018THE HAYLOFT, TOWER COURT, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NL
Received 31 May 2017ID 9, 10 & 11 High Fellgate Farm Cartmel Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QA
Received 23 Dec 2024SHAP BLUE QUARRY & WORKS, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3QQ
Received 17 Jun 20155 Priory Lane GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BH
Received 28 Sept 202613 Market Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AY
Received 2 Nov 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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