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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,876 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Greengate, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8NF
Received 2 Sept 2013HEGGERSCALE HOUSE, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HZ
Received 19 Mar 2018Springwell Garth Newby PENRITH CA10 3EX
Received 24 Jan 2025Land at Nook Farm Colt House Lane ULVERSTON LA12 0SG
Received 2 Sept 2025Edenhall Grange Edenhall PENRITH CA11 8TD
Received 19 Jan 202612 Applerigg, KENDAL, LA9 6EA
Received 1 Nov 2017The Cottage Loaning Head Garrigill ALSTON CA9 3EY
Received 20 Nov 202535 Beast Banks, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4JJ
Received 23 Jan 2023FORMER STANLEY STREET GARAGE SITE, STANLEY STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BS
Received 9 Dec 20051 CROFT VIEW, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TN
Received 11 May 20056 Helme Chase Gardens KENDAL LA9 7HT
Received 13 Mar 2025MATOR OF KENDAL TRUST FOR THE AGED AND INFIRM, ROMNEY COURT, ROMNEY ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5QR
Received 13 Feb 2012THORNSHIP HOUSE, KELD, PENRITH, CA10 3QF
Received 3 Jul 2012RAINCOCKS BARN, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9UA
Received 10 Mar 20202 MANOR COURT, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SJ
Received 27 Jul 2016THE VICARAGE, FETHERSTON HILL, KIRKOSWALD, CA10 1DQ
Received 1 Sept 2017High Meadows, Woodhouse Lane, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EW
Received 18 Feb 2022Green View Flats, Green Road, Kendal, LA9 4QS
Received 28 Feb 2017LAND SOUTHWEST OF BANK TOP HOUSE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AQ
Received 30 Apr 2019South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, KENDAL, LA9 4DQ
Received 10 Jan 2019Field 3705 South of Tilery Farm Bleatarn Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6PX
Received 13 Feb 2026Colt Park Farm Aldingham ULVERSTON LA12 9RU
Received 6 Feb 202413 Market Street, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JU
Received 8 Feb 2018Center Parcs Whinfell Forest Whinfell Forest Penrith CA10 2DW
Received 6 Feb 2025Records 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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