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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,578 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Hawesmead Drive KENDAL LA9 5HD
Received 11 Feb 20261 Wyndsore Avenue MILNTHORPE LA7 7DB
Received 22 Nov 2023Fairfield Sandside Road ULVERSTON LA12 9ED
Received 10 Jun 2026FOXGLOVE HOUSE, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DN
Received 8 Mar 2021LAND TO THE REAR OF KINGS BARN, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY, CA16 6AF
Received 10 Oct 2014Low Levens Farm, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EH
Received 8 May 2017Area surrounding Chantrey Cottage Wharf Lane Sedgwick Kendal LA8 0JW
Received 24 Apr 20267 St James Drive, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HY
Received 11 Oct 202222 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AG
Received 29 Jul 2015Highfield Cottage, 25 Highfield Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7JB
Received 4 Dec 201720 ST. JAMES DRIVE, BURTON-IN-KENDAL, LA6 1HY
Received 15 Jul 20138 Arthur Street PENRITH CA11 7TU
Received 22 Sept 2025EDEN GROVE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AJ
Received 19 Mar 2020HALE GRANGE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XS
Received 29 Jun 202121 Hest View Road ULVERSTON LA12 9PJ
Received 11 Mar 2025Land by High Sunbrick Farm Sunbrick ULVERSTON LA12 9RE
Received 25 Oct 202455 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AH
Received 26 Feb 2026PLAYING FIELDS,YEW TREE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AA
Received 24 May 201258 HELMSIDE ROAD, OXENHOLME, KENDAL, LA9 7HA
Received 30 Mar 2012PARSONS OF KENDAL, STATION YARD, STATION ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6BT
Received 19 Aug 2013Land directly to the north of the existing Old Hutton Substation, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NT
Received 8 May 2017TODD HILLS, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HP
Received 7 Aug 2017Land at Catterlen Penrith CA11 0BD
Received 1 Sept 2025Quarry Garage Slapestones Redhills Penrith CA11 0EB
Received 7 Oct 2026Records 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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