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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,602 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Area surrounding Chill And Grill Cafe Coast Road Bardsea Ulverston LA12 9RB
Received 27 Aug 202528 Hallfield, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9TA
Received 4 Feb 20138 Thorny Hills, Kendal, LA9 7AL
Received 9 Jan 201524A Finkle Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AB
Received 13 Jun 2018CULGAITH METHODIST CHAPEL, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 7 Feb 201417 BROUGHAM HALL GARDENS, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DB
Received 12 Feb 201316 PARKERS CROFT, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NP
Received 20 Aug 202155 Greengate Levens KENDAL LA8 8NF
Received 20 Feb 202651Aynam Road Kendal LA9 7DW
Received 29 Apr 2025Plot B1 Beehive Business Park, Thomas Way, Ulverston, LA12 7TW
Received 13 Jul 202115 Cliff Terrace KENDAL LA9 4JR
Received 16 May 2024THE CASTLE DAIRY, WILDMAN STREET, KENDAL, LA9 6EN
Received 28 May 2013SKYLIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RS
Received 3 Apr 2017Mini Heat Ltd, 2 Devonshire Place, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HF
Received 19 Oct 2022Unit 14, The Old Cooperage, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HW
Received 30 Jun 2016Annexe office building to rear of NatWest Bank, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AH
Received 7 Nov 2019HUDGILL RIGG, ALSTON, CA9 3LY
Received 16 Mar 2023ELM COTTAGE, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 10 Jan 202263 WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 25 Aug 2017Wharton Barn, Park View, CARTMEL, LA11 6QF
Received 24 Jan 2018Priory Close House, Priory Close, Cartmel, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 6QQ
Received 3 Oct 2014122A Highgate KENDAL LA9 4HE
Received 5 May 2026Wharley Croft Dufton Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6NG
Received 16 Aug 2024Croft Foot Farm, Docker, KENDAL, LA8 0DF
Received 5 Feb 2020Records 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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