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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Castle Street KENDAL LA9 7AD
Received 4 Aug 2025SITE AT LOWTHER GLEN, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BP
Received 9 Jun 201731 Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5QG
Received 15 Oct 20201 Silver Howe Close, KENDAL, LA9 7NW
Received 30 Jun 2021High Croft House Leasgill MILNTHORPE LA7 7ET
Received 4 Sept 2026Brookside Bardsea ULVERSTON LA12 9QU
Received 4 Dec 2023Land South West of The Hurst Ivegill Carlisle CA4 0NL
Received 3 Sept 2025Riggs House, Cocking Yard, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LZ
Received 1 Oct 2020Saltcotes Station Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0HG
Received 13 May 2025Field Beck, Barn Garth, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PP
Received 18 Dec 2019Appleby War Memorial Swimming Pool Chapel Street Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6QR
Received 19 Jan 202632 BIRCHWOOD DRIVE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PS
Received 18 May 2005FORMER YANWATH CARE HOME, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 13 Sept 20171 BROUGHAM AVENUE, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DD
Received 16 Mar 201717 Sunnyside KENDAL LA9 7DJ
Received 8 Aug 2024Land North of Brackenber Cottage Main Street Shap Penrith CA10 3PZ
Received 25 Aug 2026Yewbarrow House Hampsfell Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BE
Received 10 Sept 2026FRENCHFIELD PARK, FRENCHFIELD, PENRITH, CA11 8UA
Received 12 Sept 2016FLAT 1 & 3, RAVENSCOURT, LINDALE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EL
Received 2 Sept 2013THE WORKS, CHAPEL STREET, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 7 Jul 2022Spring House, Scales, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PF
Received 20 Jun 2023Land off M6 Field 6538 Westmorland Motorway Services Tebay PENRITH CA10 3SB
Received 7 Mar 2024LYON EQUIPMENT LTD, JUNCTION 38, M6, TEBAY, CUMBRIA, CA10 3SS
Received 17 Nov 2011BANK HOUSE, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 10 Sept 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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