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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,568 withdrawn.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: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
YANWATH HALL, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 31 Aug 20215A STONEGARTH, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TX
Received 22 Jun 2012MULBERRY HOUSE, SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BY
Received 10 Jul 2020Land at Gilthwaiterigg Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6NT
Received 7 Sept 2021Ulverston Railway Station, Station Approach, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DP
Received 9 Feb 2023Flat 1, 64 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BD
Received 20 Jul 2023Sandgate Caravan Park, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LD
Received 15 Jan 2021Former Arnold Clark Vauxhall Garage Mintsfeet Road KENDAL LA9 6NN
Received 3 Dec 202536 MITCHELGATE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BE
Received 26 Feb 2013Apartment 17, The Grange, Knott Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BP
Received 16 Oct 20238 Plantation Grove, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HY
Received 23 Jul 2018THORNEYCROFT, CROSS END, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UP
Received 2 Jun 201553 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 17 Oct 20163 HESKET PARK, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0JF
Received 11 Apr 2014WHITEGATES, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 8 Dec 2022Guides Farm, Cart Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7AF
Received 9 Mar 2023Elmhurst, Bankfield, KENDAL, LA9 5DR
Received 18 Aug 201722 FAIRGARTH DRIVE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2DT
Received 1 Dec 2011Shady Bowers 14 Redhills Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AT
Received 27 Mar 2026Manor Farm, Newbiggin, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PL
Received 12 Mar 2020Barn Owls Grizebeck KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7XU
Received 17 Jun 20262 WESTGARTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4TF
Received 15 Nov 2023HEDGEROW ON SIDE OF B6254, OLD HUTTON, LA8 0LZ
Received 5 Jan 2012STANTON HOUSE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 16 Apr 2019Records 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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