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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,570 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Crag Side, Plantation Bridge, KENDAL, LA8 9JA
Received 16 Mar 2018LAND ADJACENT TO OLD HALL BARN, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA
Received 12 Feb 20133 Bank End Terrace, Great Urswick, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0SW
Received 2 Dec 2015Prizet Filling Station Northbound, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AA
Received 3 Feb 2021Land at Burland Grove, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7LW
Received 7 Apr 2014ROXANE UK LTD EDEN VALLEY, ARMATHWAITE, PENRITH, CA4 9TU
Received 7 May 20212 Church Trees, Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6AN
Received 2 Dec 2022SLDC Depot, North Lonsdale Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DX
Received 6 Sept 2017Rivers Edge, Sandside, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HW
Received 21 Apr 2021LAND BETWEEN MELROSE COTTAGE & GRETA COTTAGE, LAND BETWEEN GAYTHORN AND WEST VIEW, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 26 Apr 201829 Dunmail Drive KENDAL LA9 7JG
Received 26 Mar 202418 TURNERS CLOSE, HOLME, CARNFORTH, LA6 1RT
Received 27 Aug 2013Beckside Cottages, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DN
Received 9 Aug 2016Sun Inn Market Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7AY
Received 28 Aug 2015SCALEBER, AGNES GILL, WHINFELL, KENDAL, LA8 9EJ
Received 24 Feb 2012Yonder Barn, Selside, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9EA
Received 19 Nov 2014FORMER SITE OF BBC CLUB, WEST LANE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7DL
Received 17 Sept 2014Morrisons Petrol Filling Station Brunswick Road Penrith CA11 7JU
Received 13 Aug 2025Field 3705 South of Tilery Farm Bleatarn Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6PX
Received 16 Dec 2024FORMER CAR PARK, BRENTFIELD WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8DQ
Received 25 Apr 2018Skewgarth High Tenterfell KENDAL LA9 4PQ
Received 12 Aug 2025OS Field no 1841 to north of telephone exchange, Burton in Kendal, Cumbria, LA6 1LX
Received 26 Nov 2015St Marys Church Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AX
Received 8 Sept 2025Walled garden adjacent to The Old Coach House, Aldingham, Ulverston, LA12 9RT
Received 4 Sept 2013Records 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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