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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,845 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Triple D Motorsport Ltd, Mintsfeet Road South, KENDAL, LA9 6ND
Received 8 Jun 2018Heaves Farm, Heaves, KENDAL, LA8 8DU
Received 23 Sept 2021PASTURE HOUSE QUARRY, UNTHANK, PENRITH
Received 5 Jul 2012Harwood, Kilmidyke Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7AQ
Received 27 Dec 2018Snooty Fox 33 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth LA6 2AH
Received 28 Feb 2020Apple Trees, Ackenthwaite, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FL
Received 6 Apr 2018LEVENS CLOSE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RR
Received 19 May 2016LAND SOUTH EAST OF ROSE BANK, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 7 Sept 2023WOODBINE COTTAGE, BLACK DYKE ROAD, ARNSIDE, CARNFORTH, LA5 0JA
Received 9 May 20061 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 8 Feb 2021OS Field No 3211 to west of Hawkswell Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PP
Received 12 Jun 20181 Earle Court, KENDAL, LA9 4SF
Received 5 Jul 2016ENNERDALE, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1LA
Received 19 Jun 2019Grange C of E School, Fell Drive, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7JF
Received 19 May 2014Grange View (Formerly Fairfield) Park Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7HQ
Received 27 Jul 20261 Church Street, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FF
Received 18 Oct 2017ST ANTHONYS TOWER, OFF CHURCH ROAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DZ
Received 16 Aug 2005TINKER'S CUTTING, STATION ROAD, PENRUDDOCK, PENRITH, CA11 0RS
Received 16 Jun 2006LAND TO REAR OF TEMPLE SOWERBY MEDICAL CENTRE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 13 Apr 2017Alards, Rockland Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7HR
Received 29 Oct 201832 THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH, CA11 8TF
Received 15 Nov 2021Manor House Mellbecks KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4AB
Received 9 Jul 2025Land adj River Eden APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6QH
Received 11 Feb 2025CELLERON SOUTH FARM, CELLERON, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2LS
Received 4 Oct 2022Records 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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