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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,653 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nobles Garage, Maude Street, KENDAL, LA9 4QD
Received 4 May 202215 Bluebell Close, KENDAL, LA9 7SH
Received 21 Jun 202219 Sandylands Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EU
Received 22 Sept 2014LAND TO THE REAR OF THE OLD MALT SHOVEL, MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BL
Received 9 Nov 2022LOW MOOR CARAVAN SITE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 1XQ
Received 5 Dec 201132 Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LT
Received 22 Apr 2021SWATHBURN FARM, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HF
Received 1 Sept 20148 Castle Garth, KENDAL, LA9 7AT
Received 10 Jun 201955 Ullswater Road, KENDAL, LA9 6LQ
Received 13 Feb 2018PENRITH RAILWAY STATION, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 23 Feb 201657A Wordsworth Street Penrith CA11 7QY
Received 15 Oct 202524 Spital Park, KENDAL, LA9 6HG
Received 12 Dec 2017HOWES FARM, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QG
Received 20 Feb 2013The Old Bakery 2 Mitchelgate Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2BE
Received 16 Jul 202544 BIRKETT DRIVE, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 9LN
Received 6 Dec 20117 Robraine Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DF
Received 11 Aug 2025Station House, Lowgill, KENDAL, LA8 0BL
Received 27 Jul 2017BROUGH PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY, CHURCH BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EW
Received 9 May 2013Fellside Centre, Low Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4NH
Received 20 May 2022The Pastures, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, Cumbria, LA11 7QY
Received 9 Jun 2015Reservoir Road (Cumbria County Council reference U5640), Old Hutton, KENDAL
Received 5 Dec 2018BARNS AT YMP GARTH HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 17 Dec 2021Diamond Yard, Pennington Lane, Lindal-In-Furness, ULVERSTON, LA12 0LA
Received 18 Sept 2020BERRIER HEAD, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XD
Received 5 Jun 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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