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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,476 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QE
Received 21 Jan 2022Maidenhill Farm Salkeld Road Penrith CA11 8SQ
Received 29 Jan 2025W M Morrison, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 1 Dec 2021WINTERS PARK, CARLETON AVENUE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8RQ
Received 17 Aug 2021Woodside Caravan Park Greystoke PENRITH CA11 0TJ
Received 21 Apr 20261 Greengate Lane KENDAL LA9 5LQ
Received 23 Jul 202570 Rusland Park, KENDAL, LA9 6AJ
Received 16 Feb 202113 DOOMGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RB
Received 3 Oct 2022BUSHBY HOUSE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TF
Received 23 Jan 2013Gardone 32 Kirkhead Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7DB
Received 28 Mar 2024LUPTON HIGH FARM, COW BROW, LUPTON, CUMBRIA, LA6 1PJ
Received 10 Apr 2012IVY COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 4 Mar 2013Village Green Melmerby Penrith
Received 10 Mar 202625 SOUTH GREEN, ULVERSTON, LA12 0UJ
Received 15 Jan 2013Gill Bank, ULVERSTON
Received 5 Jul 2022LAND AT KELBARROW, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BL
Received 6 Dec 202162 Glendowlin Lodges Yanwath Penrith CA10 2LA
Received 18 Feb 2025Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL, LA9 5TR
Received 1 Feb 202111 Stonydale, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PQ
Received 1 Dec 2020Clare House, Park Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7HQ
Received 14 Jan 2016Flat 3 Cavendish House, Cavendish Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 30 Jun 2016Land between Kendal Day Centre and Kent Place, Dowkers Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HD
Received 27 Jul 2022Woodlands Cottage, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EX
Received 8 Jan 2021SEAHOLME, KENTS BANK ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EY
Received 13 Nov 2012Records 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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