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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
EDENSIDE GARAGE, NORTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RP
Received 3 Apr 2017LAND ADJ TO A66, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1XG
Received 5 Jan 2023Travers House, Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 8 Feb 2021LEAVY FARM, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8HS
Received 8 Mar 2022Fairways, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AQ
Received 10 Jul 2023Bargain Booze, 27 - 33 New Market Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LQ
Received 11 Dec 2018THORN LODGE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 15 Jul 202037 - 39 Finkle Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AL
Received 4 May 202295 and 95a Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4EN
Received 31 Jul 2020Hall Croft Dufton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6DB
Received 23 May 2024STALLION BARN, GALLANSAY LANE, CROSBY GARRETT, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PR
Received 11 Mar 2016Land adjacent to 3 Orchard View, KENDAL, LA9 4NT
Received 19 Nov 2021AIKBANK, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QZ
Received 28 Nov 2022Former Bardsea School Room, Main Street, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QT
Received 16 Jan 2023Nettleslack Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PN
Received 3 Jan 20174 Sands Road ULVERSTON LA12 9PR
Received 28 Apr 2026TOWN END FARM, GLASSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1DU
Received 17 Feb 2023Lower Fold Charney Well Lane GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6DB
Received 15 Sept 2025Grass verge Junction at Colthouse Lane/Urswick Road ULVERSTON LA12 0SF
Received 25 Sept 2024Plot 5, Kendal Fell Business Park, Boundary Bank Lane, Kendal, LA9 5RR
Received 28 Jul 2014Building Rear 42 Market Street Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QW
Received 5 Mar 2025BARDSEA GREEN HOUSE, BARDSEA, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QX
Received 28 Dec 2011THE OLD VICARAGE COTTAGE, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SX
Received 8 Nov 2011Building adjacent Poplar House, Hampsfell Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6BE
Received 9 Dec 2016Records 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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