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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,972 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fairacre House Temple Sowerby PENRITH CA10 1RZ
Received 5 Dec 2024142 Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5EZ
Received 30 Aug 2018BLOAN FARM, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DF
Received 3 Jul 201225 MARKET SQUARE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QT
Received 25 May 2021MIDTOWN, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 8 Nov 200570 Greenside, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5DT
Received 20 Aug 201312 Springfield, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BT
Received 11 Jun 202119 Meadow Wood, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EY
Received 11 Sept 2020Unit 11, Moss End Business Village, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NU
Received 28 Jul 20167 ANGEL SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7BT
Received 27 Mar 201522 FRENCHFIELD GARDENS, PENRITH, CA11 8TX
Received 26 Jun 2012EDEN FIELD, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PQ
Received 11 Oct 2018Coach House, The Square, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 6 Mar 202313/15 Neville Street, Ulverston, LA12 0BL
Received 16 Feb 2015PENRITH RAILWAY STATION, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7JQ
Received 6 Jul 2015Lane House Business Park Kendal Road Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2HH
Received 19 Jun 2026WOODLAND BETWEEN HOLME BECK & MOSS LANE, HOLME
Received 28 Jun 2005WHINFELL PARK, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2AD
Received 19 Oct 201125 RIMINGTON WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8TG
Received 28 Jun 20058 BOARBANK FARM, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA117QU
Received 11 Aug 2004LAND SOUTH EAST OF TEMPLARS COURT, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SR
Received 22 Jul 202049 Arthur Street PENRITH CA11 7TU
Received 8 Oct 2024Outside 59 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 29 Oct 2021Manjushri Buddhist Centre Office Conishead Priory Priory Road ULVERSTON LA12 9QQ
Received 18 Jun 2026Records 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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