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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HARTLEY CASTLE BARN, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JJ
Received 26 Oct 2021Berners Carpark Kents Bank Road, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11
Received 8 Oct 20121 DRAWBRIGGS MOUNT, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HL
Received 25 Sept 2017GREENGARTH, PENNY BRIDGE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RQ
Received 21 Nov 2011LAND AT NEWTONGATE DEPOT, NEWTON ROAD, PENRITH
Received 11 Sept 2015BURLISH, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7PE
Received 24 Feb 2021James Cropper Plc Burneside Mill Burneside KENDAL, LA9 6PZ
Received 11 Dec 2023Hop House, Hophouse Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2EH
Received 1 Apr 2019The Rear Cottage, 8 Whinfield Farm, Lindal, ULVERSTON, LA12 0LE
Received 30 May 2017104 Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5EZ
Received 16 Jun 2020Dalegarth, Mascalles, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0TQ
Received 30 May 2022SITE AT TOW END FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 10 Dec 2012LAND ADJ TO BANK HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 6 Jul 2017High Oaks Farm Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9QZ
Received 23 Apr 2025Land at High Sparrowmire, KENDAL, LA9 5PD
Received 1 Oct 2018KITCHEN GARDENS, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH
Received 26 Sept 2011The Grange, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TS
Received 1 Jul 2020LINGSTUBBS FARM, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 11 Feb 2022Brow Edge, Shawfield Road, Baycliff, Ulverston, LA12 9RG
Received 30 Sept 2014STOBARS HALL, WAITBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HD
Received 27 Sept 2018Park Cottage, Tanpits Lane, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HZ
Received 28 Feb 202014 Collinfield, KENDAL, LA9 5JD
Received 9 Oct 2020Parr Street Evangelical Church, Parr Street, KENDAL, LA9 7DH
Received 22 Aug 2023CROSSFIELD FARM, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9NQ
Received 4 Mar 2015Records 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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