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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,746 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 SUNNYSIDE, KENDAL, LA9 7DJ
Received 16 Jun 2006Land adjacent to Eastwood, SCALES, LA12 0PB
Received 17 Dec 201926 OTTERS HOLT, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1SG
Received 13 Aug 2020Land adj Jack House Raughton Head Carlisle CA5 7DT
Received 27 Mar 2024LAND AT VIOLET BANK FARM, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 26 Nov 20197 Greenways Drive, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EL
Received 5 Feb 201814 Gardiner Bank Kendal LA9 4SL
Received 7 Oct 2025Land at Willow Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LU
Received 23 Jul 201855 SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8BP
Received 8 Mar 2023LOW LANKABER, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3HU
Received 6 Jun 2016Waterside Café Kent View, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4DZ
Received 26 Feb 20158 HIGH SPARROWMIRE, KENDAL, LA9 5PD
Received 26 Sept 2006Eastfieldgate Warcop Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6PS
Received 10 Feb 2026WOODLANDS, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LH
Received 16 Feb 2006TEARNSIDE COTTAGE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2PU
Received 18 Jan 20121 Whinlatter Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7HE
Received 11 May 2018Eacott Devonshire Square Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6QD
Received 2 May 2025Whinfield Farm, Lindal, ULVERSTON, LA12 0LE
Received 9 Dec 20212 TYNEFIELD DRIVE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8JA
Received 24 Feb 2015Former Bonded Warehouse, Beezon Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6EL
Received 3 Dec 201524 CAROLINE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4SH
Received 28 Jun 2006FIELD ON ROAD LEADING TO RUCKCROFT, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 26 Apr 2016Deerslet, Main Street, BURTON in KENDAL, Cumbria, LA6 1JG
Received 16 Apr 201542 Kennedy Place, ULVERSTON, LA12 7FX
Received 7 Apr 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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