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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,726 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land at Station Road Appleby
Received 2 Apr 2024Yew Tree House, 5 Cart Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AB
Received 17 Nov 2021PEMBERLEY, PARK LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3AB
Received 28 Jan 2021THE COTTAGE, BISHOP YARDS, PENRITH, CA11 7XU
Received 29 Mar 2017KENDAL GOLF CLUB, THE HEIGHTS, KENDAL, LA9 4PQ
Received 19 Mar 20122 Viver Green, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FR
Received 10 Apr 201813 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AQ
Received 7 Sept 2016100A Bellingham Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JU
Received 26 Jul 2016OS Field 5570 to the rear of The Copper Dog, Hark Knott Lane, Leece, ULVERSTON
Received 11 May 2017Units 3B/1, 3B/2, 3C, 3D and 3E Shap Road Industrial Estate and Unit 1 and Prospect House, Meadowbank Business Park, Shap Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6NY
Received 17 Jul 201410 FERNEY GREEN, KENDAL, LA9 4SW
Received 26 Jun 2013Field No. 3882 adjacent the A685 (Appleby Road) Docker KENDAL LA8 9BJ
Received 18 Feb 2026THE MAINS BARN, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AY
Received 15 Feb 2006The Stables, Hay Fellside, Hayclose Lane, KENDAL, LA8 0AG
Received 1 Jun 2020WINDY RIDGE, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NJ
Received 29 Apr 2022Shakespeare Inn, 78 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 8 Mar 2018THE BLACK BULL, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QW
Received 4 Jan 2021ID 14 - 17 Well Knowe Barn Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7SS
Received 23 Dec 2024Garden of Kern Knotts, Keasdale Road, Storth, Milnthorpe, LA7 7JR
Received 12 Dec 2014PHEASANT FIELD FARM, NEWLAND, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SH
Received 3 Aug 201215 Main Street, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7PN
Received 10 Aug 2022Sproat Ghyll Orton PENRITH CA10 3SA
Received 30 Jun 2025Lingfell, 16 Grange Fell Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6BJ
Received 24 Aug 201618 Loughrigg Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 7LB
Received 23 Mar 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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