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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,625 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MASONIC HALL, KINGS ROAD, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 0BT
Received 7 Nov 20112 Old Goods Yard Long Marton Appleby-In-Westmorland CA16 6BJ
Received 4 Dec 2023Holme House Farm Skelsmergh KENDAL LA8 9AQ
Received 14 Jan 2026DYRAH, RENWICK, PENRITH
Received 22 Apr 2021HSBC, 64 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4TF
Received 20 Jul 2022BLUE GRASS, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DY
Received 2 May 201729 Wattsfield Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JH
Received 18 Jan 2021ARMATHWAITE MANOR, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PY
Received 16 Jun 2023Land to the east of Birkrigg Park, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0DY
Received 27 Jun 2019THE BEECHES, LAMONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SS
Received 22 Aug 20114 Barco Hill Grove Penrith CA11 8NF
Received 20 Mar 2025Stramongate County Primary School, Blackhall Road, KENDAL, LA9 4BT
Received 27 Nov 2020OAK COTTAGE, 62 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 22 Oct 2012Flat 1 Colesberg, 26 Church Hill, Arnside, MILNTHORPE, LA5 0DJ
Received 15 Sept 2022Street House Great Strickland PENRITH CA10 3DX
Received 9 May 2025CARTMEL METHODIST CHAPEL, FORD ROAD, CARTMEL, CUMBRIA, LA11 6PN
Received 15 Dec 2011FLAT 1 HOLMFIELD, BERRY BANK ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EJ
Received 3 Apr 201313 Rydal Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BU
Received 16 Feb 2017Blaven, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 15 Feb 2018Fellside Farmhouse, Hophouse Lane, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2EH
Received 12 Feb 2020CROSSLANDS, ALLITHWAITE ROAD, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SB
Received 4 Aug 2006Park Beck Cottage, Park View, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6QF
Received 15 May 2013PLOTS 3, 4 AND 5, EDEN BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH
Received 3 Sept 2020Swarthmoor Hall Farm, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JG
Received 21 Aug 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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