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Planning data

Westmorland and Furness

What the public record actually shows for Westmorland and Furness. Every figure below is measured or published, with its sample and its date. Nothing here is an estimate, and none of it predicts what a particular application will do.

How appeals went

Planning appeals decided by the Planning Inspectorate for Westmorland and Furness, from 01/01/2021 to 30/06/2026. This is what happened to appeals that were decided; it does not predict what would happen to yours.

33%
allowed in full — 42 of 129 decided
2%
allowed in part — 3 split decisions
65%
dismissed — 84

That is every planning appeal decided for Westmorland and Furness in the period, not a sample. Only refused applications get appealed, so it describes a self-selected minority of decisions, and a householder extension sits inside the same figure as a 200-home scheme. It is a record of what happened, not a guide to what would happen to a particular proposal.

A further 2 appeals were withdrawn, turned away or left unrecorded in this period. Those are excluded from the figures above rather than counted as dismissals.

Planning appeals only. Enforcement, advertisement, rights of way and common land cases are decided on different tests and are not counted here.

What this page is not

It does not tell you what constrains a particular site in Westmorland and Furness. Designations sit on land, not on councils. For that, run a free check on the site itself: it names every designation on or beside the boundary, states when each dataset was last collected, and says plainly where a record is not published rather than showing you a clear result.

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Appeal outcomes from the Planning Inspectorate appeals database, England only, Open Government Licence v3.0, release of 2026-08-03. Decision speed measured from council registers by PF & Co. Housing Delivery Test © MHCLG, Open Government Licence v3.0. All 277 authorities.