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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Sedbergh Road KENDAL LA9 6BE
Received 2 Jul 2025WHITBARROW FARM, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XB
Received 6 Mar 2012Marks and Spencer Plc, Library Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QB
Received 14 Nov 20173 QUEEN STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7XD
Received 7 Apr 2015Prizet Filling Station Southbound, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AA
Received 25 May 20231-4 BARNSIDE, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LA
Received 2 Jul 2012Langwathby Stores Post Office Langwathby Penrith CA10 1LW
Received 7 May 2026LAND AT MASK WOOD, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY, CA16 6EU
Received 17 Jul 2015THOMPSON FOLD, LUPTON, LA6 2PP
Received 14 May 201258 Goldington Drive Bongate Cross Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6FE
Received 11 Jun 202636 Finkle Street Kendal LA9 4AB
Received 17 Dec 2025WOODSIDE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BY
Received 25 Oct 2023OLD POST OFFICE, BARBON, LA6 2LJ
Received 29 Jun 2012Grindelwald, Church Road, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QQ
Received 18 Nov 2019LOCK COTTAGE, CANAL FOOT, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EL
Received 6 Jan 2012STAINMORE CAFÉ, A66, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EU
Received 17 Jan 201210 LOW FARM, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NH
Received 27 May 2020Barn in field no. 3021, Low Row, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 4 Nov 2020Heaves Farm, Heaves, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 8DU
Received 23 Mar 20223 BOARBANK FARM, LOWER ALLITHWAITE, CUMBRIA, LA11 7QU
Received 14 Nov 2012GOODBOURNE CROFT, HUTTON ROW, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TR
Received 29 Jun 2018Side of Suncroft, Keasdale Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JZ
Received 29 Jul 2021LONSDALE VILLA, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AA
Received 8 Jul 2019BOLTON MEMORIAL HALL, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AR
Received 7 Sept 2022Records 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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