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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,718 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
60 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6BE
Received 10 Mar 2023WEST VIEW FARM, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DS
Received 2 Nov 2015Greengill Foot Inglewood Road Bowscar PENRITH CA11 8RP
Received 11 Mar 2024Abbot Hall, Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AJ
Received 10 Oct 202210 PARK ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UF
Received 16 Feb 2016Lonsdale Villa Fell Lane Penrith CA11 8AA
Received 25 Mar 2025LAND OFF BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8QH
Received 4 Apr 201217 BROUGHAM HALL GARDENS, PENRITH, CA10 2DB
Received 6 Aug 2012RED GABLES, BECKSIDE, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NX
Received 27 Sept 20139 Beech Hill Terrace KENDAL LA9 4PP
Received 11 Aug 2025B & J METALS UNIT 12, SHAP ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KENDAL, LA9 6NZ
Received 18 Jan 2012Wanthwaite Yanwath PENRITH CA10 2LD
Received 25 Feb 2025LAND AT STATION ROAD, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 13 Jan 2017Levens Hall, KENDAL, LA8 0PD
Received 13 Sept 2017Land to East of Well House Hesket Newmarket Wigton CA7 8HT
Received 18 Nov 20255 LITTLE AYNAM, KENDAL, LA9 7AH
Received 13 Dec 2012The Orchard, White Ghyll Lane, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QR
Received 22 Mar 20171 FARRIERS WAY, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HH
Received 19 Jun 2006FELLSIDE SCHOOL, QUEENS ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4PH
Received 12 Jun 2006TOWN HEAD FARMHOUSE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BN
Received 18 Sept 2020LAND EAST OF STAYNEGARTH, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 21 Apr 2023Farmyard near 1 Windhill Cottages, Aldingham, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PA
Received 13 Jul 202118 BARROWMOOR ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6SB
Received 10 Oct 2022FORMER DALE INFANT SCHOOL, LUND TERRACE, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9BE
Received 27 Sept 2011Records 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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