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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARROCK COURT CARE HOME, BARROCK PARK, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0JS
Received 29 Jun 2005DUMMAH HILL FARM, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DZ
Received 22 Jul 2015DRUMROY, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AR
Received 22 Oct 2015OMEGA PROTEINS PENRITH LTD, PROCESSING PLANT, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 2 Nov 2023Darlfield House, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9EA
Received 29 Oct 2021CHESTNUT GARTH, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RG
Received 18 Sept 2012LAND AT BARDSEA BUSINESS PARK, COOPER LANE, BARDSEA, LA12 9RA
Received 17 May 2013Garden of Oaklands, Star Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7BY
Received 25 Apr 2014The Yakkers, The Square, Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7QE
Received 24 Jan 2014FARADAY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4QL
Received 12 Apr 201220 MURTON VIEW, APPLEBY, CA16 6RF
Received 16 Jan 2015LOWTHER PARISH ROOMS, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 1 Apr 2005123 Appleby Road, Kendal, LA9 6HF
Received 4 Apr 2014CORTEZ, 101 HIGHGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4EN
Received 12 Aug 2005Whinfield Farm Lindal ULVERSTON LA12 0LE
Received 21 Dec 202325 Archers Meadow, KENDAL, LA9 7DY
Received 15 Dec 2020British Telecom Telephone Exchange Friargate Penrith CA11 7XR
Received 17 Sept 20269 Ash Court, ULVERSTON, LA12 0UQ
Received 25 Jul 2018VILLAGE HALL, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 7 Dec 2018Lound Cottage, Garden Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7ED
Received 12 Aug 2014BOLTON MEMORIAL HALL, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AR
Received 9 Sept 2022Laburnum Cottage, Barn Garth, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PP
Received 13 Mar 201864 Greenside, Kendal, LA9 5DT
Received 14 Sept 2016APPLEBY EDEN CRICKET CLUB, VICARS CROFT, THE BUTTS, APPLEBY, CA16 6QH
Received 22 Sept 2005Records 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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