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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,824 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burton Morewood C of E Primary School, Main Street, BURTON in KENDAL, LA6 1ND
Received 25 Aug 2016High Carley Villas Carley Lane, Pennington, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0JS
Received 24 Mar 2015SPITTALS FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XQ
Received 3 Jul 2017BROUGHAM HALL FARM, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE
Received 26 Sept 2017CARLETON HEIGHTS PENRITH
Received 19 Dec 2022STATION HOTEL FARM, CROOKLANDS ROAD, ACKENTHWAITE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LR
Received 18 Sept 200667 Helmside Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7HA
Received 14 May 2013Land Off A683 ( adjacent to Devils Bridge), Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, LA6 2SE
Received 23 Apr 2014SITE AT KINGS MEABURN LANE, COLBY, APPLEBY, CA16 6BD
Received 20 Jul 20171 SPRING GARDENS, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4PA
Received 1 Sept 2005Silver Birches Fairgarth Drive Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DT
Received 10 Apr 2024The Coach House, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NW
Received 6 Jun 2019FIELD TO THE NORTH OF HARRY'S BARN, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3HN
Received 5 Feb 2015Barclays Bank Plc, County Square, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AL
Received 9 Dec 202141 Empsom Road KENDAL LA9 5PR
Received 7 Nov 20253 Prospect Terrace, KENDAL, LA9 4NL
Received 9 Jan 2017LAND SOUTH OF GALLIBER, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DS
Received 2 Mar 202311 MARKET SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7BY
Received 14 Jun 2021BOOTHS, BRUNSWICK ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7JX
Received 10 Feb 20226 The Gill, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7BJ
Received 26 Jan 2015HESKET PARK, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0JF
Received 18 Sept 2012St Marys Church Church Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AX
Received 8 Sept 2025Green Lane, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2QA
Received 6 May 2021LAND ADJACENT TO CROWN RISE, NEW BARNS ROAD, ARNSIDE, LA5 0BD
Received 20 Mar 2012Records 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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