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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,656 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westerfields, Dove Nest Lane, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EY
Received 4 Dec 2019Areas surrounding East View Pennington ULVERSTON LA12 0JP
Received 14 Oct 2024JAYCOT, OVERBURN, ALSTON, CUMBRIA, CA9 3SH
Received 19 Apr 2012Land Southwest of Thorpe Sockbridge Tirril PENRITH CA10 2LN
Received 10 Jun 20244 COTTAGE ROW, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DR
Received 15 Apr 2019Lane Farm Westmorland County Agricultural Society, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NH
Received 29 Apr 20164 CHURCH TERRACE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LA
Received 12 Mar 2014HEATHER BANK, BRACKENBER, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LP
Received 23 May 2018HOLLINS VIEW, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DF
Received 2 Dec 201663 Empsom Road, KENDAL, LA9 5PR
Received 10 May 2016RISING SUN, CROFT ENDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JL
Received 1 Jul 2022BARRAS SIDE COTTAGE, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ET
Received 28 Feb 2017Crossbar View Soulby Kirkby Stephen CA17 4PJ
Received 2 Sept 2026TAKODA CAMPING SITE, KIRKBANK LANE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AP
Received 15 Jun 2017Kendal AMTE, Blackhall Road, KENDAL, LA9 4BT
Received 29 Jul 2022Speel Bank Bungalow, Beckside, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SP
Received 7 May 2019Land off Brigsteer Road, KENDAL
Received 20 Jan 2022Westmorland County Agricultural Society Lane Farm Crooklands MILNTHORPE LA7 7NH
Received 7 Feb 2025OLD STATION YARD, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UZ
Received 31 Jul 2018LAND OFF C3010, LAITHES, PENRITH
Received 17 Mar 2020Sandford Lodge The Square Sandford APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6NR
Received 24 Jul 2026Outside 85 Church Street, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DZ
Received 14 Jul 202212 Wakefield Meadow Sedgwick Kendal LA8 0JD
Received 19 Jun 202531 Springfield Road, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0EJ
Received 1 Oct 2015Records 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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