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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,058 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CARLETON HALL, CARLETON AVENUE, PENRITH, CA10 2AU
Received 28 Jul 201545 KETTLEWELL ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5PE
Received 6 Jul 2004WETHERIGGS POTTERY, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DH
Received 4 Jan 2023BEECH BARN, GLENDOWLIN LODGES, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LA
Received 7 Jun 202212 HAZEL BANK GARDENS, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LH
Received 4 Oct 2023GLEBE HOUSE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2DX
Received 1 Sept 2006Garage Block, 68 Hayclose Crescent, Kendal, LA9 7NT
Received 16 Dec 2015Hoff Lunn Hoff APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6TD
Received 19 Jan 2026LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 3 SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JH
Received 8 Mar 2022Barn behind 22 Market Street Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JU
Received 2 Oct 202326 Great Dockray Penrith CA11 7DE
Received 3 Aug 2026THE COACH HOUSE, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NP
Received 21 Jun 2017Briarwood Haggs Lane Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6HD
Received 15 Sept 2025The Nunnery Staffield Penrith CA10 1EU
Received 12 Dec 2025Side of Woodlea Ashmount Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BX
Received 8 Dec 2025Beckside Farm, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7PE
Received 20 Mar 2016DEEPGHYLL, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PF
Received 4 Aug 2015SKIRSGILL STABLE BLOCK, SKIRSGILL HOUSE, PENRITH, CA11 0DH
Received 23 Jun 20055 Bective Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BG
Received 5 Aug 2022B & Q DIY Superstore, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7JU
Received 13 May 2016Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 16 Oct 202031 CASTLE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 7AD
Received 5 May 2005OS FIELD NO 2532, GREAT URSWICK
Received 12 Sept 2006OASIS WHINFELL FOREST HOLIDAY VILLAGE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 21 Mar 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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