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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cherry Tree Lane, Sedbergh Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6BG
Received 10 Jul 2015Land near Birkthwaite Cottage Wreay CARLISLE CA4 0RZ
Received 5 Sept 2024Hillside Woodhouse Lane Heversham MILNTHORPE LA7 7EW
Received 8 Oct 2025STATION BRIDGE BUILDING, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NU
Received 23 Jul 2019TRACK IN FIELD TO JONTY'S BARN, SOWERBY ROW, CARLISLE
Received 31 Aug 201714 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AU
Received 21 Aug 2006Abbot Hall, Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AL
Received 27 Jul 2016FORMER YANWATH CARE HOME, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 13 Sept 2017WINTON HALL COTTAGE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HS
Received 11 Feb 2016WHITBARROW FARM, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XB
Received 20 Dec 2012Little House, 2A Kentrigg, Kendal, LA9 6EE
Received 24 Mar 2015FOX FIELD CARAVAN PARK, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SR
Received 14 May 2012Greenside Farm, Viver Lane, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NA
Received 25 Aug 2016COACH HOUSE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HS
Received 23 Aug 2022Croft House Sowerby Row Carlisle CA4 0QH
Received 15 Oct 2026PRIORY FARM, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PR
Received 4 Dec 20194 SCAUR CLOSE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BT
Received 10 Nov 20043 Sedbergh Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6BJ
Received 20 Apr 2022Burton House, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9AP
Received 16 Jun 20222 HOLMEGARTH, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AQ
Received 6 Jan 2020Cumbria Tyres Ltd North Lonsdale Road Ulverston Cumbria LA12 9EB
Received 3 Jul 2024Hazelslack Caravan Site, Hazelslack Farm, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LG
Received 24 Aug 202141 Dunmail Drive, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7JG
Received 4 Mar 2015Oxenholme Railway Station, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7HF
Received 28 Mar 2019Records 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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