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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,210 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Sycamore Lodge, Pennington Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SE
Received 10 Feb 2022PARISH LAND, LOW LANE, BRIGSTEER
Received 7 Jul 2005Land off Carleton Hill Road Carleton PENRITH CA11 8TZ
Received 2 Jul 2025The Nunnery Staffield Penrith CA10 1EU
Received 7 Apr 2026W M MORRISON SUPERMARKET PLC, BRUNSWICK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JN
Received 16 May 2006Croft End, 6 Lynngarth Drive, KENDAL, LA9 4JA
Received 3 Apr 2019THE GABLES, ELLERIGGS BROW, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PD
Received 1 Jun 200614 COLLIN ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 5HN
Received 9 Mar 2012Guides Farm Cart Lane GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AF
Received 25 Mar 2025Riddings Farm Lowick Green ULVERSTON LA12 8EA
Received 17 Dec 2025Grange Lido, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DS
Received 2 Dec 202220 Hayfell Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 7JH
Received 24 Nov 2016R M C ROADSTONE LTD, ROWAN EDGE QUARRY, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0AP
Received 5 Apr 2005Flat, Kingfisher Restaurant, Sandside, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HW
Received 22 Aug 2019MURLEY BROOK, KENDAL PARKS ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7RR
Received 5 May 20066 GARTH HEADS (MARVIC YARD), KENDAL, LA9 4JL
Received 17 May 20139 NETHEREND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8PF
Received 22 Aug 2012LDNPA, Murley Moss Business Park, Oxenholme Road, KENDAL, LA9 7RL
Received 23 Jul 2019Willoway Nicholson Lane PENRITH CA11 7UH
Received 1 Feb 2024MILNTHORPE SERVICE STATION, 13 - 17 BEETHAM ROAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QL
Received 14 Mar 2012HESLEY, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3BH
Received 28 Jan 2004Oak Bank Mill, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 9AQ
Received 2 Mar 202344 Lowther Street Penrith CA11 7UQ
Received 2 Jan 2024HIGHWAY DEPOT, ALSTON, CA9 3BW
Received 8 Jun 2022Records 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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