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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn at Todds Farm, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DJ
Received 28 Mar 201869 Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4ED
Received 1 Jul 2015Flusco Wood Flusco PENRITH CA11 0JB
Received 27 Feb 2026SKIRWITH VILLAGE GREEN, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RQ
Received 11 Jan 2015Hesley Farm Morland Penrith CA10 3BH
Received 8 Oct 2024Killington Lake Services M6 Southbound Killington CARNFORTH LA8 0NW
Received 27 Aug 20262 New Valley, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PF
Received 12 Mar 20198 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 16 Nov 20161 Eden Mount Close, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6FL
Received 31 Oct 2022LOW EDGE COTTAGE, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 5 Nov 2019SANDWATH FARM, GLASSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1DX
Received 30 Jan 2018Hard Crag House, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SR
Received 6 Oct 20205 NETHERCROFT, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8LU
Received 23 Jul 20121 PLANE TREES, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PH
Received 22 Mar 2021Roxy Cinema Brogden Street ULVERSTON LA12 7AH
Received 19 Aug 2026Claremont Cottage, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NL
Received 17 May 2017ASKRIGG HALL, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SU
Received 19 May 2023Wayside, Main Street, Bardsea, Cumbria, LA12 9QL
Received 14 May 2015Graythwaite Manor Hotel, Fernhill Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7JE
Received 22 Aug 2019HIGH SCILLY HALL, ALSTON, CA9 3DE
Received 1 Feb 2023SWINDALEHEAD BARN, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 12 Dec 2002GREENGATE GARDENS, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8QL
Received 26 Feb 201318 Whinfell Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6JT
Received 14 Jun 2016Hincaster Hall, Hincaster, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7ND
Received 15 Jul 2015Records 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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