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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,478 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Great Brunthwaite Farm Old Hutton KENDAL LA8 0NN
Received 9 Sept 2025ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3BP
Received 17 Oct 2017LAND OPP. SHALLOWFORD, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RG
Received 23 Sept 2013151 and 153 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4EN
Received 14 Sept 2018APPLEBY FOOTBALL & SQUASH CLUB, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 16 Jul 2012SKELTON TRANSMITTING STATION, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SY
Received 1 Feb 2019Hillcrest Cow Brow Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 1PJ
Received 29 Jul 2025IVY COTTAGE, AIKETGATE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TH
Received 14 Feb 2017LAND ADJACENT TO HILLSIDE, RUCKCROFT, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QR
Received 29 Aug 2023Town View, Town Street, Ulverston, LA12 7EY
Received 19 Aug 201613 Greengate Lane KENDAL LA9 5LL
Received 18 Aug 2025LAND NORTH OF EDEN BUSINES PARK, COWPER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9FW
Received 17 Jan 2023Fernie House Rosside ULVERSTON LA12 7NS
Received 30 May 2024MELVILLE HOUSE, WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 7 Oct 20211 Marne Avenue, RAVENSTOWN, LA11 7LH
Received 29 Jun 2017THE BRAMERY, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9RG
Received 4 Feb 2013ASSISTANT WARDENS CARAVAN, LOWTHER CARAVAN PARK, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JB
Received 26 Mar 2021OSWALD HOUSE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1DQ
Received 26 Jun 2015THE LOST CABINS, UDFORD RISE, EDENHALL, PENRITH
Received 18 Apr 20234 Graythwaite Court, Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BN
Received 21 Jun 2021LAND ADJ TO DENBY, NORTH DYKES, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9ND
Received 6 Nov 2019Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent, KENDAL
Received 7 Dec 2022Wells House Farm, Ford Road, Cartmel, LA11 6PN
Received 23 Dec 2014Barns 1 & 2 Sillfield Farm, Sillfield Farm, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 14 Jun 2021Records 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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