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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,602 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Rusland Park, KENDAL, LA9 6AJ
Received 9 Sept 2015Red Dragon Yard, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AH
Received 21 Jan 2022Vacant land between 27 & 33 Watery Lane Ulverston LA12 9DD
Received 15 Dec 2025LAND OFF CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH
Received 22 May 2017Land at Coupland Beck APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6LN
Received 13 Oct 202528 Empsom Road Kendal LA9 5PS
Received 3 Sept 2025MILL HOUSE, NENTHALL, ALSTON, CA9 3LQ
Received 11 Jan 2019FORMER THOMPSONS BOARD MILL, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NJ
Received 15 Mar 2021PETROL FILLING STATION AND CAR WASH, MORRISONS SUPERMARKET, BRUNSWICK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JU
Received 27 Sept 2016MIDDLEMOOR FIELD, BRACKENBER, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LP
Received 12 May 2022Pizzeria Italia, 9 Allhallows Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4JH
Received 3 Mar 202342 Hayclose Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 7NT
Received 16 Dec 2021Low Lund Mews, 5 Steel Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9FB
Received 19 Sept 201450 Branthwaite Brow, KENDAL, LA9 4TX
Received 15 Aug 2019Fairfield Sandside Road ULVERSTON LA12 9ED
Received 21 May 2025Bank Hurst, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 23 Dec 2019SKELLING FARM, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 13 Oct 2023OLD STATION, STATION ROAD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 13 Nov 202319 Teal Beck, KENDAL, LA9 7RQ
Received 2 Jun 2016Former Ulverston Fire Station Site, The Ellers, ULVERSTON, LA12 0AW
Received 26 Jul 2021YMPGARTH BARN, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 25 Oct 2019THE STATION, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BJ
Received 30 Sept 2022Websters Yard, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HA
Received 1 Oct 2018Dowgill Barn Morland PENRITH CA10 3BJ
Received 21 Aug 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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