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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,018 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fairfield Lodge Priest Lane Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PY
Received 3 Jul 2024Coupland Beck Farm Coupland Beck Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6LN
Received 12 Feb 2026Unit 2, Chancel Place, Shap Road Industrial Estate, KENDAL, LA9 6NZ
Received 28 Jan 2019EDEN CARERS, UNIT 8, GLOUCESTER YARD, GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH, CA11 7DE
Received 15 Jun 2005HIGH PARK PADDOCK, HIGH PARK, OXENHOLME, LA9 7RE
Received 16 Nov 20052 HIGH WIEND, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RD
Received 7 Sept 2015Barnsdale, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9AG
Received 22 Feb 2021Rose Walls Rosebank Stainton PENRITH CA11 0EP
Received 11 Apr 2024Methodist Church, Sandylands Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6EU
Received 15 May 2015ST CATHERINES RC SCHOOL, DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9EL
Received 21 Jun 2019ROUNDTHWAITE ABBEY, ROUNDTHWAITE, NR TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XU
Received 14 Oct 2004Burneside Mill, BURNESIDE, LA9 6PZ
Received 12 Sept 2018Unit 7, Kendal Fell Business Park, Kendal, LA9 5RR
Received 14 Sept 2016Rossill Bridge Cottage Selside KENDAL LA8 9EW
Received 23 May 202511 WESTMORLAND RISE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6SJ
Received 9 Jul 2018UNIT M, MAIN LINE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CROOKLANDS ROAD, ACKENTHWAITE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LR
Received 4 Apr 2006WHITECROFT, PRIEST LANE, CARTMEL, LA11 6PT
Received 4 Sept 20062 Queen Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7AX
Received 11 Jan 2016Delph Cottage, Jingling Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AW
Received 29 Dec 20172 Stonecross Green KENDAL LA9 5HL
Received 17 Apr 2026WHITEFOLD FARM, REAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3ER
Received 29 Sept 20178A ROODS DRIVE, KIRKOSWALD, CA10 1EH
Received 26 Apr 2021Cross Lane ULVERSTON LA12 9DQ
Received 22 Sept 202378 BARROWMOOR ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6SB
Received 14 Jun 2022Records 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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