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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,586 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land along Young Spring below Helsington Mills Low Lane Brigsteer KENDAL LA9
Received 19 Dec 202410 Queen Katherine Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7DG
Received 19 Aug 2014IVY HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 5 Jun 2023Kendal Tutorial Centre, Canal Head North, KENDAL, LA9 7BY
Received 2 May 20184 FALLOWFIELD, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AQ
Received 13 Dec 2011FERNLEA, WARCOP, APPLEBY, CA16 6PF
Received 22 Mar 2013LAND OFF HOGG HOUSE HILL ROAD, NEWBIGGIN, STAINTON, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 13 Jan 201222 Greengate, Kendal, LA9 5LJ
Received 25 Apr 2016GHYLL VIEW, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DF
Received 22 Apr 2021Land west of Sockbridge Thorpe Field Sockbridge PENRITH
Received 16 Jun 2025Sellett Hall, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 26 Apr 2017WOODSIDE, MAIN STREET, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6DY
Received 15 Dec 2011FORMER THOMPSONS BOARD MILL, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NJ
Received 17 Apr 2014MEG BANK FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 24 Jun 2016Market Cross & Fish Slabs, The Square, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 5 Jun 2023Whinfell Wart Barrow Lane Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7RA
Received 23 Dec 2024Land at Hawthorn Barn Topthorn, Whinfell, KENDAL, LA8 9EG
Received 6 Jul 2020The Armoury Holme Street Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6QU
Received 6 Sept 20248 Broughton Park BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS LA20 6HB
Received 22 Oct 2025Hazelslack Farm, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LG
Received 9 Feb 202311 PARKLANDS VIEW, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8TE
Received 18 Sept 201422 Greenacres Park Plumpton Penrith CA11 9PB
Received 5 May 2026TWISTAPPEL HOUSE, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 6 May 201427 Unit Airfield Approach Business Park, Moor Lane, FLOOKBURGH, LA11 7NG
Received 18 May 2017Records 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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