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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,025 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cumbria County Council Flusco Landfill Site Flusco PENRITH CA11 0JB
Received 21 Apr 2026GREENFIELD HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 6 Feb 2015Lonsdale Villa Fell Lane Penrith CA11 8AA
Received 2 Oct 202434 Cart Lane, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 7AF
Received 17 Oct 2014LAND AT HADDERDALE FARM, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ES
Received 26 Nov 2004Clifton Hall Barn Clifton Penrith CA10 2EA
Received 19 Sept 2025Martindales Yard Woolpack Yard, Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4NG
Received 3 Aug 201517 UNDERLEY ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5ET
Received 26 May 2006Chester House, Main Street, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LY
Received 17 Jan 2023115 Lingmoor Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7PL
Received 20 Jun 2019Land off Oxenholme Road, Kendal, Cumbria
Received 2 Feb 2015Buckles Farm Barras KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4ES
Received 8 Nov 2024SLDC Car Park, Library Road, Kendal, LA9 4QB
Received 29 Jul 2014Opposite 2, 3, 4 Park Garth, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PL
Received 5 Oct 2021THE MANSE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EW
Received 15 Jan 20182 PARK ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UF
Received 1 Dec 201619 SPITAL PARK, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6HG
Received 23 Aug 2005IVY HOUSE, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HD
Received 21 Nov 20111 Sunnyside, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7DJ
Received 15 Feb 2016High Barns, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EG
Received 4 May 2021LAND AT OLD HALL ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 23 Jun 2005Badgers Wood, Woodlands Drive, Allithwaite, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7PZ
Received 15 Dec 20164 Conishead Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DQ
Received 1 Mar 2018LAND TO EAST OF WARCOP PRIMARY SCHOOL, WARCOP, APPLEBY, CUMBRIA
Received 22 Apr 2013Records 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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