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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 RAILWAY COTTAGES, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DE
Received 9 Jun 2022158 Windermere Road KENDAL LA9 5EZ
Received 24 Jan 2024BIRKDALE, HARWOOD IN TEESDALE, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 0JA
Received 2 Nov 2011Alards Rockland Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7HR
Received 11 Sept 2024Corner Cottage Lowick Green ULVERSTON LA12 8DU
Received 11 May 20264 COLDSPRINGS COURT, PENRITH, CA11 8EX
Received 20 Apr 202225 West Hills Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NW
Received 4 Oct 202138 Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6BZ
Received 12 Apr 2016Holme Bank, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PH
Received 28 Apr 202012 The Green, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NH
Received 18 Oct 202212 HAWTHORN AVENUE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9JE
Received 10 Jan 2013THE GARTH, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4JP
Received 26 Feb 2015Burneside Road at Eggholme Land West of Burneside Road Strickland Ketel Kendal Cumbria LA9 6PN
Received 11 Nov 2024MELKINTHORPE POULTRY FARM, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 23 Mar 2018LAND AT FELLSIDE FARM, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 6 Nov 2012THE PIGGERY, DENBY, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 2 Jul 2015Greenodd Village Bakery Main Street Greenodd ULVERSTON LA12 7QZ
Received 14 Nov 20243 Briarwood, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5DP
Received 29 Mar 2023RIDDINGS FARM, LOWICK GREEN, ULVERSTON, LA12 8EA
Received 27 Nov 2012QUEEN ELIZABETH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7EG
Received 4 Apr 2012Mellguards Farm Mellguards Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0LE
Received 9 Dec 2024Heathfield Croft Terrace Penrith CA11 7RS
Received 24 Sept 202697 Fairgarth Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FB
Received 26 Apr 2021Ashton House Beetham MILNTHORPE LA7 7AL
Received 3 Sept 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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