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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, SEDGWICK, KENDAL, LA8 0JP
Received 5 Dec 2011HOPEWELL COTTAGE, LOW BIGGINS, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2DH
Received 27 Nov 2012Field boundary to the north of Hollowmire Farm South, Osmotherley, Ulverston, LA12 7PS
Received 13 Mar 2017OLD SCHOOL, GREENHOLME, PENRITH, CA10 3TA
Received 23 Sept 2015Courtyard Cottage, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QT
Received 25 Sept 2019Two Lions Hotel Great Dockray PENRITH Cumbria CA11 7BL
Received 30 Jul 2026HELM FARM, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QA
Received 31 Aug 2018Ure Mill, Old Hall Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DF
Received 1 Sept 202321 RIVINGTON PARK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HU
Received 16 Aug 2016Bela House, Beetham Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QR
Received 16 Feb 2022WEST BROWNRIGG FARM, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PF
Received 6 Apr 2020YEW TREES, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 26 Apr 201956 West Hills Drive, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9QA
Received 2 Sept 2015LAND WEST OF SOCKBRIDGE, THORPEFIELD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 18 Aug 2022TANGLES SALON, , 41 NORTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RE
Received 23 Jun 2020High Fell House ALSTON CA9 3BP
Received 30 Jan 202416 Hillswood Avenue KENDAL LA9 5BT
Received 15 Jul 2026Ford Barn The Square Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6QB
Received 28 Apr 2025Flat 4 The Rowans Eden Mount Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BN
Received 6 Aug 2025The Birches, Foxfield, BROUGHTON IN FURNESS, LA20 6BU
Received 18 Aug 201729 KENDAL GREEN, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 5PN
Received 21 Dec 2011Wellwood, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RD
Received 4 Jul 20162 Mount Eden, Eden Mount, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BZ
Received 10 Feb 2023ELLERTON GRANGE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LF
Received 1 Nov 2011Records 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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