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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 CARLETON PLACE, PENRITH, CA11 8LW
Received 24 Nov 2021Honey Potts, Allithwaite Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7EN
Received 16 Mar 2023Land at Otterburn, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7NS
Received 29 May 201535 SANDYLANDS ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6EU
Received 23 Feb 2012CUMBRIA HOUSE, GILWILLY ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9BG
Received 21 Jun 20069 LIGHTBURN AVENUE, ULVERSTON, LA120DJ
Received 16 Jun 2003Benson Hall, Scalthwaiterigg, KENDAL, LA9 6PL
Received 8 Dec 2022Curlew Cottage 5 High Tenterfell KENDAL LA9 4PG
Received 2 Sept 2024178 Burneside Road KENDAL LA9 6EB
Received 22 Jan 202426 Hayfell Avenue, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7JH
Received 10 Oct 2014Plots 42-53 Lake Meadows Culgaith Penrith
Received 30 Sept 2024THE NOOK, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH
Received 16 Apr 2003SITE ADJ. TO BROAD ING SYKE, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JR
Received 21 Nov 20121 Lindale Close Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0DG
Received 18 Mar 2024ROWAN COTTAGE, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PN
Received 26 Jul 2019WHEEL HOUSE, PRIEST LANE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PU
Received 20 Mar 2013LIMNERSLEASE, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UE
Received 12 Aug 2015EAST VIEW FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PT
Received 25 Jul 2023McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 71 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4LT
Received 29 Mar 2017TRONIC LTD, SANDSIDE ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 6 Feb 2003SUNNY BANK, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8SR
Received 4 Jan 2016Norden, Windermere Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6EG
Received 17 Apr 2018FIELD OS NO 0002, GLASSONBY, PENRITH
Received 16 Feb 200425 Whinlatter Drive, Kendal, LA9 7HE
Received 7 Jul 2014Records 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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