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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,477 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tavora House, Grange Fell Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6BJ
Received 5 Apr 201710 Wattsfield Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JH
Received 6 Mar 2017Station House Little Salkeld Penrith CA10 1NJ
Received 8 Jul 2026Pine Lodge Skelton Penrith CA11 9UB
Received 2 May 202548 Natland Road, Sedgwick, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7LT
Received 3 Mar 2022The Lodge, Goadsbarrow, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RE
Received 4 Jul 2022Hill Top, Tearnside, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PU
Received 20 May 2020TOWNHEAD FARM HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 13 Oct 20171 PUMP SQUARE, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BJ
Received 5 Dec 2014Stricklandgate House Trust, 92 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4PU
Received 30 Sept 2020BEALES DEPARTMENT STORE, 37-53, FINKLE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4AL
Received 5 Nov 20121 Park Close, NATLAND, LA9 7QE
Received 3 Nov 2016Rose Cottage, BROUGHTON in FURNESS, LA20 6BP
Received 8 Feb 2019LOW DUMMAH HILL, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DZ
Received 8 Oct 2020Vale View, Scales, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PB
Received 9 May 2017FERNLEA, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 8 Mar 2017Low Garth Flood Alleviation Scheme, Land adjacent to Low Garth, KENDAL
Received 17 Aug 2020Firs Edge Alston Youth Hostel The Firs ALSTON CA9 3RW
Received 10 Mar 20259 Park Street, Kendal, LA9 5QP
Received 25 Apr 2017St Peters Church, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EW
Received 19 May 2020HIGH CROFT, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 5 Jun 2020BLENCOW BUSINESS PARK, NEWBIGGIN, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DE
Received 12 Sept 20121-2 EDEN VIEW COTTAGES, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XQ
Received 26 May 2022Along B5278 near Stribers Farm Haverthwaite ULVERSTON LA12 8PE
Received 23 Jul 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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