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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
40 CASTLE HILL ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7HA
Received 23 Feb 2018Kendal Rugby Union Football Club, Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DL
Received 10 Jul 2018CHRIST CROFT, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DB
Received 2 Feb 201751 Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AR
Received 30 Mar 2020Asda Stores Ltd, Burton Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7JA
Received 11 Apr 20145 The Brook Culgaith Penrith CA10 1SJ
Received 11 Apr 2025FIELD TITLE NO CU249182, NEAR CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 23 Mar 2012EXISTING VODAFONE SITE, COWPERTHWAITE FARM, LAND OFF OLD SCOTCH ROAD, ADJACENT M6, LOWGILL KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA8 0BH
Received 6 Jun 2012SHAP ENDOWED C OF E SCHOOL, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NL
Received 13 Mar 20121 NEWTON HOUSE, NEWTON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EE
Received 12 Nov 201814 WHINFELL TERRACE, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XL
Received 13 Jun 2013Land East of Springfield Road North of Dragley Beck ULVERSTON LA12 0EJ
Received 24 Mar 202623 Monument Way, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9SY
Received 4 Feb 2013Sir John Barrow Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SZ
Received 23 Oct 2020WILLIAM STREET, PENRITH
Received 19 Oct 2016land to rear of 23 Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 15 May 2017PARK END, PRESTON PATRICK, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NZ
Received 18 Jan 2012Saltcotes Station Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0HG
Received 13 May 2025SEWBORWENS FARM, NEWTON ROAD, NEWTON RIGG, PENRITH, CA11 0AG
Received 4 Aug 20237 Airethwaite, Kendal, LA9 4SP
Received 19 Aug 2014Areas around Moorfield House Little Urswick ULVERSTON LA12 0PJ
Received 25 Oct 20242 SOCKBRIDGE DRIVE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JP
Received 7 Sept 2012Fern Bank Graham Street Penrith CA11 9LB
Received 2 Jun 202529 Wattsfield Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JH
Received 15 Nov 2017Records 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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