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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Westmorland and Furness Council. Covers the former Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland council areas.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Westmorland and Furness website
0 approved · 0 refused · 1,722 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heaves Farm Heaves KENDAL LA8 8DU
Received 12 Sept 202511 BATTLEBARROW, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XS
Received 30 Jan 2020LAND WEST OF BRUNTLEY MEADOWS, ALSTON
Received 11 Jan 202318 Strickland Court, Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QU
Received 21 Aug 2017Wharton House, The Square, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 1 Sept 2015HIGH HOUSE, SCALEHOUSES, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JY
Received 22 Jan 2020Stonecross Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 5TB
Received 23 Mar 202116 KELD HEAD, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EH
Received 18 Jan 202225 Jutland Avenue, Flookburgh, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7LF
Received 8 May 2013Spring Bank Farm, Spring Bank Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6HA
Received 5 Mar 201934 High Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4JG
Received 25 Apr 2016BLOOM FOOT, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1LA
Received 11 Mar 201513 Croft Terrace PENRITH CA11 7RR
Received 5 Mar 2025Land to South East of Wyndhammere Lake, Off Old Scotch Road, Killington
Received 11 Jun 201348 JACOBITE GARDENS, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2FG
Received 1 Jul 2021Magnolia House, School Road, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria, LA17 7UQ
Received 22 Mar 2023BARN OFF SCHOOL LANE, WAITBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA
Received 21 Jun 2016Waterside Art Gallery, Kent View, KENDAL, LA9 4DZ
Received 29 Jul 2016Guides Farm, Cart Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AF
Received 29 Sept 2022BARN ADJACENT TO THWAITE COTTAGE, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JF
Received 17 Apr 2014Ardtoget Church Walk ULVERSTON LA12 7EW
Received 13 Oct 20266 Springfield Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0BT
Received 20 Jan 202520 Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LT
Received 25 Jan 2021Marl Business Park, Morecambe Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BN
Received 25 Nov 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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