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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,622 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT LIME RIGG, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8JB
Received 17 Feb 202043 Edgecombe Court, KENDAL, LA9 4HH
Received 3 May 20192 Templand Cottages, Cartmel Road, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QZ
Received 7 Jun 2022Ulverston Wastewater Treatment Works, Sandside, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EG
Received 29 Jun 201734 GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LG
Received 28 Oct 2020Field View Little Urswick ULVERSTON LA12 0PW
Received 21 Mar 2024Self-contained lock up shop, 24 The Promenade, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HA
Received 15 Mar 2018LAND TO THE NORTH OF HACKTHORPE HALL, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HW
Received 4 Jul 2019SLDC Depot, North Lonsdale Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DX
Received 7 Mar 2018MURTON HALL FARM, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ND
Received 31 May 2017Nook Farm Bungalow Main Street Shap Penrith CA10 3LZ
Received 25 Oct 2024BROUGHTON BECK, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PP
Received 14 Oct 2011Yewbarrow House, Hampsfell Road, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6BE
Received 25 Feb 20151 Spring Howe Skelsmergh KENDAL LA9 6NU
Received 11 Nov 2025Coronation Hall, County Square, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LZ
Received 10 Jul 20173 Benson Green, KENDAL, LA9 4RG
Received 4 Jul 201610 Collin Hill, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5TA
Received 10 Nov 2015Stoney Croft, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 14 Oct 2016LAND TO SOUTH EAST OF BIRKRIGG PARK, HIGH CARLEY, ULVERSTON
Received 18 Jul 20131 Yew Tree Close Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1QF
Received 7 Jul 20263 Springfield, Arnside, MILNTHORPE, LA5 0BT
Received 27 May 2022THE LIMES, 54 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 16 Nov 20201 Woodlands Close, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JH
Received 18 Oct 2019Land North of Chapel Island View Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7LD
Received 12 Feb 2025Records 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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