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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,926 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ORCINA LTD, UNIT 9, DALTTONGATE BUSINESS CENTRE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AJ
Received 30 Oct 20124 Union Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4RP
Received 12 Mar 2013Lowther Holiday Park Ltd Lowther Caravan Park Eamont Bridge PENRITH CA10 2JB
Received 20 Feb 2024Dubside, New Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0AS
Received 24 Mar 2014CENTRE CANAL HEAD NORTH, CIVIC AMENITY CENTRE, KENDAL, LA9 7BY
Received 21 Jun 2006Beezon Lodge, Beezon Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EL
Received 24 Aug 2020Kendal United Reform Church, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 14 Jan 2020140 Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5EZ
Received 29 Mar 2023Yard 77, Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4EN
Received 14 Jan 2015LOWGILL, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PT
Received 17 Jul 2018Appletree School, Natland, Kendal, LA9 7QS
Received 13 Jul 2015NORTH DYKE FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9ND
Received 26 Sept 2014Owert Dyke Ormside Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6EJ
Received 13 Sept 2024FORMER ODDFELLOWS HALL, OFF MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AY
Received 17 Apr 2013109 PENNY HILL PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9JW
Received 11 Apr 2016FIELD AT BARFFS WOOD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0XA
Received 1 Jun 2021Pyes Bridge Lane, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BJ
Received 24 Nov 2017LONSDALE VILLA, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AA
Received 5 Sept 20167 HOWARD PARK, GREYSTOKE, CUMBRIA, CA11 0TU
Received 25 Mar 202258 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AJ
Received 14 Oct 2004Ground Floor Flat, Ingwell House, Main Street, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 13 Sept 2023THE GLEN, OXENHOLME, KENDAL, LA9 7RF
Received 20 Jan 200615 Summerville Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DF
Received 30 Jan 2020LAND NORTH PENNINE CLOSE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 7 Dec 2021Records 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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