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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LOW BORROWDALE, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XY
Received 6 Mar 2013CULGAITH METHODIST CHAPEL, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 7 Feb 2014Lakethwaite Farm House, Lowgill, KENDAL, LA8 0BH
Received 18 Jul 20174 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth LA6 2AE
Received 13 May 202511 NEW ROAD, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AB
Received 6 Jul 2012HALL CROFT, DUFTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6DB
Received 9 May 2016Barn at Head Cragg, Kirkby-in-Furness, LA17 7TB
Received 27 Jan 2017The Watermill Little Salkeld Penrith CA10 1NN
Received 7 Jul 2025Marks & Spencer, Library Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QB
Received 21 Feb 2023Grayrigg Hall, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BU
Received 12 May 20179 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AQ
Received 24 Feb 20201 Squirrel Close Yanwath PENRITH CA10 2FJ
Received 29 Apr 2024Alpine Road, Newland, Ulverston, LA12
Received 23 May 2013Kingfisher Mill, Killington, Sedbergh, LA10 5EP
Received 14 May 2012SALTERWATH FARM, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3QY
Received 23 Nov 2011LAND ADJACENT TO A66, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1XG
Received 16 Nov 2023FELL HOUSE, BIRKETT LANE, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JF
Received 15 Feb 2017Rose Hill House Stainton KENDAL LA8 0LQ
Received 4 Mar 2025Monton, 10 Cart Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7AB
Received 12 Dec 2022W M Morrison, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6DU
Received 17 Aug 2022Castle Park Ullswater Road Penrith CA11 7EF
Received 9 Oct 202343 Kirkhead Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DD
Received 26 Nov 202027 Caroline Street, KENDAL, LA9 4SH
Received 24 May 2019Bleaze Lodge, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0LU
Received 16 Jun 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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