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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,618 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Carleton Hill Carleton Penrith CA11 8TZ
Received 6 Oct 202646A Wordsworth Street Penrith CA11 7QY
Received 3 Jun 20251 Mayfield Road, Ulverston, LA12 0DU
Received 26 Sept 2014OMEGA PROTEINS, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 19 Jul 2017YANWATH GATE INN, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 14 Aug 2006HILL HOUSE, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RG
Received 20 Oct 20142 NORTH VIEW, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3TH
Received 10 Nov 2011GROVE FARM, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JE
Received 1 Jul 2020Heaves Farm, Heaves, KENDAL, LA8 8DU
Received 14 Jun 2018Elmhurst, Bankfield, KENDAL, LA9 5DR
Received 8 Sept 2021The Castle Dairy, Wildman Street, Kendal, LA9 6EN
Received 4 Apr 201423 Silver Howe Close, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7NW
Received 15 Feb 201610 KENT STREET, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4AT
Received 17 Apr 2012Whinnels Farm, Greystone Lane, Newton in Furness, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, LA13 0NX
Received 5 Mar 2019Sellet Estate Stables and Stud, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 27 Jun 2018THISTLEWOOD TOWER, DALSTON, CARLISLE, CA5 7DS
Received 27 Jun 2012CHERRY TREES, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8HZ
Received 3 Mar 20214 BOWSCAR ROAD, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RR
Received 11 Jun 2021Beachwood House Redhills Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AX
Received 11 May 2026OS Field nos 1737 and 1841 to the north of Boon Town, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LT
Received 17 Feb 20231 Sunnyside, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7DJ
Received 4 Jun 2015BELMONT, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PR
Received 14 Dec 2017REDHILLS, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 29 Nov 2012LARCH COTTAGE NURSERIES, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DR
Received 22 Sept 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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