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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,687 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to the south east of Sunnydale, Tram Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BQ
Received 17 Mar 202260 Acre Moss Lane, KENDAL, LA9 5QE
Received 14 Jun 20182 Lowther Park, KENDAL, LA9 6RS
Received 22 Jun 2017Land north of Boarbank Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NH
Received 13 Apr 2022ORCHARD VIEW, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BJ
Received 16 Nov 2020YOUTH CLUB ADJACENT PETTY HALL, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RX
Received 15 Oct 201224 Meadowside Close, Endmoor, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 0EJ
Received 21 Mar 202210 Bluebell Close, KENDAL, LA9 7SH
Received 5 May 20234 Cumberland Drive, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7JS
Received 27 Mar 201311-13 Union Street ULVERSTON LA12 7HT
Received 11 Dec 2024WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS PLC, QUEEN KATHERINES AVENUE, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 13 Sept 2006ROSE BANK, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LB
Received 10 May 2012Land opposite Kestrels Haunt, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FH
Received 11 Jul 2022LOCKERHOLME, TEMPLANDS LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QX
Received 22 Mar 2012Land to South East of Gilsmere Nook, Killington
Received 11 Jun 2013Peatgate Bolton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6AY
Received 4 Jun 2025SITE AT KINGS MEABURN LANE, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 4 Jul 2018LAND AT OLD HALL BARN, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 19 Apr 2012OLD ORCHARD COTTAGE, DENDRON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QN
Received 18 Jun 2012Land near Low Curigg and Travellers Rest Sebergham Carlisle CA5 7DU
Received 16 Aug 2024Back Field Cottage Station Road Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JZ
Received 3 Jul 2024BLACKHILL LODGE STUD, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 24 Nov 201619 Cox Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 0AS
Received 10 May 2021Stramongate Primary School, Blackhall Road, KENDAL, LA9 4BT
Received 22 Jul 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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