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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,722 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
INGLEDENE, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PH
Received 21 Aug 2019Low Mill Business Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EE
Received 5 Mar 2018CENTER PARCS, WHINFELL FOREST VILLAGE, WHINFELL, PENRITH, CA10 2DW
Received 23 Nov 201826 CAROLINE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4SH
Received 25 Oct 2006OLD RECTORY, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 24 Jan 2022Ford Barn, The Square, Cartmel, Cumbria, LA11 6QB
Received 2 Apr 2015W M Morrison, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 20 Dec 2021Westmorland General Hospital, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7RG
Received 22 Nov 2022Newlands, Leighton Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BE
Received 15 Oct 2020Greenside Farm, Viver Lane, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7NA
Received 19 May 201511 Somme Avenue, Ravenstown, Flookburgh, Cumbria, LA11 7LJ
Received 29 Jan 201610 Fernleigh Avenue, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HW
Received 17 Sept 20218 THE RIDE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 2 Jun 2023STATION GARAGE, STATION ROAD, ARNSIDE, LA5 0HG
Received 23 Feb 20127 Calvert Court, Main Street, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EU
Received 9 Feb 2017CROSBY HALL, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3HY
Received 3 Jun 20143 HELME CHASE GARDENS, KENDAL, LA9 7HT
Received 27 Sept 201214 Redhills Road, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0AT
Received 13 May 2014National Westminster Bank Plc Nat West Bank Chambers, Main Street, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6DS
Received 27 May 2016PLOT 1, MOSS RIGG, PALLETT HILL, PENRITH, CA11 0BY
Received 11 Nov 2005YEW TREE HOUSE, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JF
Received 13 Jun 2016TOWN END, LAITHES, PENRITH, CA11 0AW
Received 14 Nov 2017Land adjacent Pennington, Pennington, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RR
Received 26 Sept 2022Burneside Convenience Store, 2 New Road, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6PX
Received 20 Jun 2022Records 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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