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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,944 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
JULIAN BOWER FARM, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AR
Received 31 May 2023Land north of Holly Cottage, Storth Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JA
Received 25 Apr 20174 KINGS TERRACE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HN
Received 7 Mar 2013Helbeck Hall Brough KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4DD
Received 2 Feb 2024Buildings North West of Skelsmergh Hall, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA9 6NU
Received 21 Mar 2018Holme Park New Hutton KENDAL LA8 0AE
Received 13 Jul 2026MELVILLE HOUSE, WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 5 May 2016DUMMAH CRAG, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DZ
Received 29 Mar 2005CO-OP MARKET TOWN, MARKET SQUARE, ALSTON, CA9 3HS
Received 23 Aug 200470 Rinkfield, KENDAL, LA9 7LP
Received 12 Nov 2018Telecomms Mast Hampsfield Windermere Road Lindale GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11
Received 20 Dec 2024IMPACT HOUSING CUMBRIA FURNITURE SERVICES, UNIT 1 SWAINSONS YARD MYERS LANE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9DP
Received 8 Dec 2011LAND ADJACENT 22 LAIKEN VIEW, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QW
Received 6 Jul 2018Lowgate, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NL
Received 12 Sept 2019Farm Cottage, Head Cragg, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TB
Received 28 Nov 2018Silvanda Storth Road Storth MILNTHORPE LA7 7JQ
Received 14 Sept 202649 Boroughgate Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6XG
Received 26 Sept 2024Appleby Grammar School Battlebarrow APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6XU
Received 14 Jul 202581 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4RA
Received 29 Jan 2020Plumpton Cottage Farm Newland ULVERSTON LA12 7SH
Received 14 Feb 2025HOPLAND HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 19 Oct 2012RAISE PARK, ALSTON, CA9 3AA
Received 3 Feb 2022TOWN BECK, THE GILL, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7BN
Received 8 Jun 201221 Strawberry Fields, KENDAL, LA9 7TA
Received 9 Mar 2018Records 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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