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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,591 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Springwell Garth Newby PENRITH CA10 3EX
Received 9 Dec 2024Inshore Fish & Frozen Foods, Mintsfeet Road South, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6ND
Received 13 Nov 2014HIGH TREES, LEIGHTON DRIVE, SLACK HEAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BE
Received 23 Jul 2013Casterton Old Hall, Casterton, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2LA
Received 12 Mar 2015GOODLIE HILL FARM, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ET
Received 5 Nov 2015LAND AT YORK STREET, BY RAILWAY BRIDGE, LEADING TO BRUNSWICK SQUARE, PENRITH
Received 20 Jun 2012Natwest Bank, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH
Received 16 Mar 2022The Grange, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TS
Received 2 May 20231 CUMBERLAND CLOSE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EN
Received 7 Apr 2016Grove Cottage, Church Road, LEVENS, LA8 8PU
Received 14 Dec 201712 CASTLE VIEW ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CUMBRIA, CA16 6HH
Received 23 Jan 2012The Old Courthouse, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 12 Feb 2020Clawthorpe Hall Clawthorpe CARNFORTH LA6 1NU
Received 22 May 2024FORMER BREWERY, 4 & 6 BREWERY STREET, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7HU
Received 5 Jul 2011Whinfield Farm Lindal ULVERSTON LA12 0LE
Received 16 Apr 20264 Town View, KENDAL, LA9 4QL
Received 29 May 2020EXISTING VODAFONE SITE, BECKHOUSE FARM, GRAYRIGG, KENDAL, LANCASHIRE, LA8 9ET
Received 6 Jun 2012Barn Cottage, Leece, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0QS
Received 28 Sept 2022WHYTEWELL, KINGS ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BT
Received 9 Jul 2012Mansriggs Hall Farm ULVERSTON LA12 7PF
Received 8 Oct 2025FALLOWFIELD, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AQ
Received 10 Nov 2016LEASES, WAITBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HQ
Received 16 Nov 2020FORGE COTTAGE, NENTHEAD ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SN
Received 3 Sept 2014Manor House Mellbecks KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4AB
Received 23 Apr 2024Records 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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