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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,750 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sillfield Farm Access Road To Properties From The U5366 Gatebeck KENDAL LA8 0HZ
Received 15 Aug 2024TREVENA, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 9 Jul 2012102 Kentsford Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BB
Received 21 Oct 2024LAND ON VACANT PLOT, GILLINGGATE, BETWEEN GLENDENE AND WINDY RIDGE, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 13 Aug 2012Plot 1 Former allotment land north of Hare and Hounds Pub, Church Road, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8PP
Received 24 Dec 2021SOUTHWAITE HILL COTTAGE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0EW
Received 22 Sept 2016WEARDALE VILLA, NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AJ
Received 17 Aug 2012HOPLAND HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 5 May 2016TOWN HEAD FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TG
Received 6 Aug 201811 Castle Road, KENDAL, LA9 7AU
Received 27 Sept 2023Mireside Farm, Winder Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LE
Received 11 Aug 2021GARAGE/LOCKUP, CROFT STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QJ
Received 16 Oct 2017Glebe Cottage, Killington, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2HA
Received 29 Oct 20151 FOREST MOUNT, WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QZ
Received 22 Mar 20125 Heather Bank, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0XQ
Received 25 Sept 2019Leyfield Coach House, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2DD
Received 19 Aug 201568 Oxenholme Road, KENDAL, LA9 7HH
Received 31 Dec 2014HEGGERSCALE HOUSE, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HZ
Received 28 Nov 20173 Tarn Side, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EH
Received 15 Jun 202216 Lower Abbotsgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2JU
Received 10 Mar 2021LAND AT WHITE OX FARM, GREENGILL, PENRITH, CA11 8SE
Received 11 Feb 2022132 Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4HE
Received 17 Aug 2015BRIDGE HOUSE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BL
Received 19 Apr 2016The Old Coach House, Cavendish Street, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QA
Received 29 Jun 2020Records 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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