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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,863 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LOW MOOR FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3HB
Received 23 Mar 202196 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 4 Oct 2017Appleby Castle Boroughgate APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6XH
Received 12 Nov 2024UNIT 6 SHORELINE BUSINESS PARK, SANDSIDE, MILNTHORPE, LA5 0HQ
Received 24 Feb 20054 Whinfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HG
Received 9 Nov 2018Low Ghyll Barn, Low Ghyll Farm, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7YB
Received 16 Dec 2022Moss Lea Kennels & Cattery Levens KENDAL LA8 8EJ
Received 22 Sept 2026HARRINGTON LING FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0JH
Received 27 Mar 2013Tarn Meadow, Low Mid Town, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SP
Received 23 Nov 2017100 Kentsford Road Grange-over-sands LA11 7BB
Received 27 Jul 2026LORDS PLAIN FARM, LEVENS, LA8 8EN
Received 12 Jan 2006RAINCOCKS BARN, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9UA
Received 15 Jun 202217 The Old Nurseries, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AD
Received 26 Feb 2020KIRKHOLT, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 27 Mar 2015Farmhouse, THOMPSON FOLD, LUPTON, LA6 2PP
Received 14 May 2012WORKSHOP, LANE BETWEEN KING STREET & FRIARGATE, PENRITH
Received 5 Oct 2006SLAGGIEBURN FARM, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3EJ
Received 13 Jan 2012Land South of Underbarrow Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RS
Received 2 Aug 202128 Wattsfield Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JH
Received 16 Jun 2020Land to east of Kiln Head to the north of C5070, Lambrigg, KENDAL
Received 5 Nov 2019LAND OFF NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 27 Mar 2020Aldi Foodstore Ltd, Queen Katherines Avenue, Kendal, LA9 6DU
Received 9 Apr 2015OAKBANK COTTAGE, STAINTON, KENDAL, LA8 0DU
Received 10 Oct 2011BLUE GRASS, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DY
Received 11 Mar 2020Records 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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