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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,018 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
GLAXOSMITHKLINE, NORTH LONSDALE ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DR
Received 26 Nov 2011Eden Lodge Hotel, Coast Road, Bardsea, Ulverston, LA12 9QZ
Received 13 Feb 2015WARCOP VILLAGE HALL, WARCOP, CA16 6NX
Received 13 May 2022TEMPLE CROFT, TOWNFOOT, ALSTON, CA9 3RL
Received 7 Nov 2019Farlton View Fishery, Warth Sutton Farm, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NU
Received 13 Oct 20221 SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8QL
Received 16 Jul 202059 AYNAM ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7DW
Received 25 Jan 2006Waterside Café, Kent View, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4DZ
Received 26 Feb 2015Land at Helm Mount Farm, Barrows Green, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0AA
Received 21 Aug 2014PETTERIL SIDE FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0JJ
Received 16 Jul 2018ROAN EDGE LANDFILL RECYCLING FACILITY SITE, KILLINGTON, KENDAL, CUMBRIA
Received 17 Aug 20123 QUEEN STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7XD
Received 13 Apr 2015RED HOUSE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BN
Received 17 May 2022Sunnydale, Tram Lane, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BQ
Received 24 Feb 2023LOW HOUSE, GREAT MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DP
Received 23 Aug 201821 Mayfield Drive, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7NS
Received 15 Dec 2015Land at Sunny Bank, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 23 Mar 2020BECKSIDE, ARRAD FOOT, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SL
Received 29 Aug 2012OPERA BINGO, THE ALHAMBRA, MIDDLEGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7PT
Received 26 May 20062 Gilthwaiterigg Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6NT
Received 1 Oct 201482 APPLEBY ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6HF
Received 30 Nov 2006THORNBARROW FARM, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BL
Received 25 Apr 2014Helm Lea, 8 Chapel Close, Access From Belmont To Chapel Close, KENDAL, LA9 4LQ
Received 14 Apr 2023SCAR VIEW BARN, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HN
Received 29 May 2014Records 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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