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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, MARKET SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7YB
Received 8 Jul 2014Building plot to the south of Windhover, Arrad Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SL
Received 26 Jul 2016Stoneriggs Murton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6LS
Received 5 Jul 2024WILLIAMSGILL, MILBURN ROAD, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SW
Received 29 Nov 20185 CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JN
Received 24 Jan 2006Eden Lodge And House, Coast Road, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QZ
Received 6 May 2022Oaklea, Fernleigh Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7HN
Received 24 Mar 201719 Kirkland Kendal Cumbria LA9 5AF
Received 6 Dec 2024LAND ADJACENT TO COOPERS CLOSE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA
Received 17 Apr 2013Parklands, Singleton Park, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA9 6PE
Received 14 May 20217 Greengate Crescent, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8QB
Received 26 Oct 2023147 Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4EN
Received 1 Jul 2015137 HAYCLOSE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7NF
Received 14 May 20132 TUDOR GARDENS, BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 7SU
Received 7 Sept 200529 BOWERBANK WAY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9BQ
Received 24 Oct 2014SPROAT GHYLL FARM, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SA
Received 4 Dec 2020Coalgate Cottage, Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA20 6BP
Received 17 Oct 201226 (PLOT 43) & 24 (PLOT 44) OTTERS HOLT, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1SG
Received 26 Sept 2012The Green, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DP
Received 26 Feb 2016Former Palace Fitness Palace Building Main Street GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6AB
Received 4 Aug 2026Gill Banks Wood, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BY
Received 11 Sept 2017Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 16 Oct 2023Hordley House, Main Street, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LQ
Received 30 May 2022THE GRANGE, GREAT MUSGRAVE, CA17 4DP
Received 20 May 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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