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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,565 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
WARCOP C OF E SCHOOL, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NX
Received 22 Jul 2019RAISE PARK, BRAMPTON ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3AA
Received 15 Nov 2021LOW STREET HOUSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 0JD
Received 15 Oct 2015TUFTON ARMS HOTEL, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XA
Received 30 Jan 2019Shakespeare Inn, 78 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 24 Jan 2018Former Vantage Toyota Site, Station Square, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6EH
Received 23 Aug 2016Barn at Mellguards Farm Mellguards Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0LE
Received 20 Oct 2025GALES FARM, SCALES, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PE
Received 14 Sept 201225 Mintsfeet Road, Kendal, LA9 6DE
Received 30 Jun 2015CLIFTON MOOR, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EY
Received 22 Mar 2018Land off White Lane, Hincaster, Nr Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7LZ
Received 15 Sept 2015LAND SOUTH WEST OF MID TOWN FARM, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JS
Received 13 May 20217 Michaelson Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JQ
Received 6 Jun 2022Land at Helm Mount Farm, Barrows Green, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 0AA
Received 5 Jun 2015Land at Low Mill Business Park off Watery Lane Ulverston Cumbria LA12
Received 14 Mar 2025SYCAMORE BARN, WELLHEADS LANE, SEDGWICK, KENDAL, LA8 0JT
Received 10 May 201236 Anchorite Road, KENDAL, LA9 5NF
Received 21 Jun 2021Woodheads, Grange Fell Road, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6AF
Received 5 Mar 2015PARK HOUSE, PARK VIEW, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QF
Received 23 Nov 2011HIGH EWBANK, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JD
Received 19 Aug 2015PENRITH NEW SQUARES, SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JH
Received 13 Nov 20121 Newby Head Newby Penrith CA10 3EU
Received 14 Aug 2024Hill House, Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 14 Mar 2023MELLBREAK CROFT, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DF
Received 14 Dec 2016Records 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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