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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,648 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
BARN TO THE WEST OF ARTLEGARTH, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NW
Received 14 Jan 2016Pitt Farm, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, GRANGER OVER SANDS, LA11 6HE
Received 26 Aug 20167 Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 4 Jul 2017Car Park West The Gill ULVERSTON LA12 7BP
Received 9 Oct 2025SOUTH GREEN, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 6 May 2015MEADOW PLANTATION, NORTH THACK WOOD, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PT
Received 14 Jun 20134 Bournville Main Road Burneside KENDAL LA9 6PS
Received 17 Jun 2025Former Lakeland Dry Cleaners, South Lakeland Retail Park, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 21 Jan 201954 Priory Crescent, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BL
Received 9 Jan 2018Land at Station Yard Sandside Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0HQ
Received 27 Jan 2025WHITRIGG HOUSE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EE
Received 14 Nov 2011Nettleslack Cottage, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PN
Received 25 Nov 2016The Bend Hartley Road KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4RX
Received 7 Aug 202524 Ruskin Drive Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DB
Received 5 Aug 2025Low Galligill Nenthead ALSTON CA9 3LW
Received 18 Oct 2024WEBSTER HOUSE, LITTLE STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3EG
Received 24 Aug 2018EAST SIDE OF MILLGATE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 2 Apr 2014CROFT HEAD FARM, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0QE
Received 4 Feb 202021 Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AR
Received 4 Aug 2022TELECOMMUNICATION MAST 07689, CLIFTON MOOR, CLIFTON, PENRITH
Received 21 Oct 2015LOCKTHWAITE, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JR
Received 18 Feb 2015Land South East of Johnstone Farm Johnby PENRITH CA11 0UU
Received 15 Dec 2023BEANTHWAITE, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, CUMBRIA, LA17 7XT
Received 12 Dec 2012THORNBARROW FARM, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BL
Received 25 Apr 2014Records 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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