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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,043 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
LAND AT WHITE OX FARM, INGLEWOOD ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8SE
Received 15 Jun 2022RED ROCK CANYON QUARRY, BOWSCAR, PENRITH
Received 15 May 20172 Fairview New House, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BE
Received 28 Jun 2022Tesco Express 26-28 Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4SX
Received 4 Mar 201625 Buttermere Drive, Kendal, LA9 7PA
Received 23 Dec 2016Land to east of Kiln Head to the north of C5070, Lambrigg, KENDAL
Received 5 Jun 20191 THE LYNCHETTS, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LR
Received 17 Jul 2017MOOR VIEW, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3EB
Received 2 Oct 2017BEDFORD HOUSE, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 20 Aug 2014YANWATH CARE HOME, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 16 Apr 201824 CAROLINE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4SH
Received 13 Aug 2004CENTER PARCS, WHINFELL FOREST VILLAGE, WHINFELL, PENRITH, CA10 2DW
Received 12 May 2014Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 14 Sept 201812 Printers Croft, Entry Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4DJ
Received 26 Jan 2017137 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SE
Received 14 Oct 2019High Wells, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7PT
Received 12 Apr 2021BIGGINS HOME FARM, HIGH BIGGINS, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2NP
Received 18 May 20061 Whitbarrow Grove, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8LT
Received 29 Jul 2021MINTSFEET INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KENDAL, LA9 6LL
Received 4 Jul 2005Ashlea, Keasdale Road, Storth, Milnthorpe, LA7 7JR
Received 26 Nov 20121 West The Square, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LX
Received 17 Nov 2020BROW EDGE, LEECE, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QP
Received 28 May 2004SKELLING FARM, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 29 Jun 2023LAND AT GARAGE LOCK UPS, SITE OFF YORK STREET, PENRITH
Received 25 Jan 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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