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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,476 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Abbotsford House, 4 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AP
Received 20 Jun 2022Stockbridge Coach House, Stockbridge Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BG
Received 26 Nov 2021Appletree School, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QS
Received 29 Oct 20195 Fairbank, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BD
Received 19 Jan 2021Levens Hall, KENDAL, LA8 0PD
Received 24 Nov 202216A Plantation Avenue, Arnside, Cumbria, LA5 0HU
Received 4 Sept 2015Rose And Crown Inn Bank Top Cark-In-Cartmel Grange-over-sands Cumbria LA11 7NU
Received 26 Jun 2024SWALLOW BARN, ANDREW HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 10 May 2018Site of former garage adjacent to Drill Hall, Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BX
Received 15 Apr 2019Unit 1 Parkside Business Park, Parkside Road, KENDAL, LA9 7EN
Received 13 May 2019WETHERAL HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 15 Sept 2021Hartwell House, Priest Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6PU
Received 24 Aug 2016Field adjoining Old Scotch Road, South of Grayrigg Forest
Received 18 Dec 2014SPITTALS FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XQ
Received 15 Feb 20217 Fairgarth Drive Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DT
Received 29 May 2024TOWN END FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TE
Received 4 May 2017Highfield Farm, Highfield Farm, Haverflatts Lane, Beggarside Hill, Ackenthwaite, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DG
Received 16 Dec 20162 Nutwood Manor,, Windermere Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6EY
Received 17 May 201615 Green Bank ULVERSTON LA12 7HA
Received 18 Mar 2024HOW HILL, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 29 Nov 2019THE MANOR HOUSE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HL
Received 1 Jun 201571 RAISELANDS CROFT, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9JL
Received 26 Nov 20121 Stone Close, Stainton-With-Adgarley, BARROW IN FURNESS, LA13 0NU
Received 20 Feb 201920 Castle Garth, KENDAL, LA9 7AT
Received 21 Mar 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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