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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,641 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ferncrest Sunbrick Lane Baycliff ULVERSTON LA12 9RQ
Received 24 Mar 2025SOUTH VIEW, MOTHERBY, PENRITH, CA11 0RL
Received 12 Oct 2012Land South of Fair View House, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BE
Received 2 Jul 2021RAILWAY LINE SW OF ARMATHWAITE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 8 Dec 2016Beetham Nurseries, Pool Darkin Lane, BEETHAM, LA7 7AP
Received 11 May 2017Land West of Fold Gardens Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9FT
Received 24 Mar 2026LAND WEST OF GILLIANS WELL, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 5 Apr 2022SITE WITHIN FORMER WALLED GARDEN AT HOME FARM, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RQ
Received 23 Jan 20181 Church Street, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FF
Received 1 Mar 2017Hawthorns, Storth Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JA
Received 13 Mar 2018Land behind Fellside Nicholson Lane Penrith CA11 7UL
Received 29 Jan 2026Birch Wood, Leighton Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BE
Received 18 Jul 2018Arnside Tennis Club Silverdale Road Arnside LA5 0DX
Received 19 May 20264 Low Pastures, Lowgate, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8QH
Received 14 Feb 2018GHYLL HOUSE, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NA
Received 13 May 202223 Greenside KENDAL LA9 5DU
Received 25 Jul 20241 Orchard Croft, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DN
Received 29 Dec 2020CROFT HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 17 Aug 2017Hartlands 2 Fernhill Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JD
Received 25 Nov 2024ESTUARY ELECTRICAL LIMITED, FOXFIELD, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BU
Received 23 Oct 20067 Beech Bank ULVERSTON LA12 7EZ
Received 12 Aug 2025LOW RUTTER FARM, HOFF, APPLEBY, CA16 6EQ
Received 5 Aug 2014Choco-Lori of Grange Ltd, 1 Ingwell House, Main Street, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 27 Sept 2016Beckside Farm, Barbon, Carnforth, LA6 2LT
Received 24 May 2013Records 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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