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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,658 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Carleton Drive PENRITH CA11 8JP
Received 14 Apr 2025Hill House Fell Lane Penrith CA11 8BJ
Received 26 Mar 2026SWAN COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 17 Nov 2017LANGRIGG COTTAGE, GREAT MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DP
Received 26 Jun 20121 HOLLY BUSH BARN, SOUTHERNBY, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8JA
Received 9 Jan 20139 CARAWAY CLOSE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NF
Received 30 Aug 201313 Stonecross Green KENDAL LA9 5HL
Received 22 Jan 2024Acorn Bank Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 1SP
Received 22 Jul 2025Plumpton Cottage Farm, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SH
Received 13 May 202039 Barco Avenue PENRITH CA11 8LX
Received 8 Apr 2025Leyfield Coach House, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DD
Received 24 Aug 201610 WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 17 May 2016Keepers Cottage Brougham Penrith CA10 2DE
Received 18 Jun 2026Mountain View, Lowgill, KENDAL, LA8 9DB
Received 16 Jul 2021BARIUM HOUSE (HENDRICKS HOUSE), NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AJ
Received 25 Apr 2017LAND SOUTH EAST OF TEMPLARS COURT, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SR
Received 5 Aug 202012 PARKLANDS WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8SD
Received 12 Oct 2011The Pastures, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 13 Aug 2019NEWRAINE, 2 HALLIN CROFT, PENRITH, CA11 8AS
Received 21 Mar 2019Newlands Great Salkeld PENRITH CA11 9LW
Received 16 Jan 2026Beckside Cottage, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SP
Received 16 Feb 20186 Pine Close, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JJ
Received 29 Oct 2019PREMISES AT SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JH
Received 7 Jun 2006ASH LEA, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8PN
Received 9 May 2012Records 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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