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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,628 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
KENDAL DISCOUNT CARPETS WAREHOUSE, BUTTERY WELL ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5LE
Received 30 Nov 20067 MILNER MOUNT, PENRITH, CA11 8HE
Received 2 Apr 201441 Plantation Avenue Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0HU
Received 5 Jun 2026GRANDIE CARAVAN PARK, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DD
Received 25 Aug 201612 Bentinck Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DQ
Received 17 Jan 20233 - 5 Allhallows Lane, Kendal, LA9 4JH
Received 19 Jul 2016VILLAGE HALL, BROOKSIDE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PF
Received 21 Jun 20136 CROFT AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 7RF
Received 18 Dec 2020Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 11 Jan 2022HELBECK MOOR, HELBECK, BROUGH
Received 7 Sept 2012THE BUNGALOW, SCHOOL TERRACE, KINGS ARMS LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3JG
Received 12 Jan 2021EDEN VALLEY EGGS, MILL GATE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 7 Nov 2019FIELD NEAR WEST COCKLAKE, NENTHALL, ALSTON
Received 15 Aug 2006Grange Medical Centre Kents Bank Road, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7DJ
Received 4 Jun 201520 Kirkland, Kendal, LA9 5AD
Received 24 Mar 2015THE LIMES, 54 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 1 Nov 2021St Michael's Church Sandy Lane Shap PENRITH CA10 3LA
Received 13 May 2024THE GARTH, GRASSGILL, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QB
Received 7 May 2013Hard Crag House, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7SR
Received 15 Sept 2014Brooklyn, Kents Bank Road, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7EY
Received 21 Apr 2015Little and Caine, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EY
Received 15 Sept 2023ST JOHNS THE BAPTIST CHURCH, CROGLIN, CARLISLE, CA4 9RZ
Received 7 Feb 2023Land Adjacent to Vicarage Drive, Kendal, Cumbria
Received 9 Oct 2015Lingwood Park, Cartmel Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QA
Received 23 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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