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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,219 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Woolpack Yard, Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4NG
Received 1 Jul 201937 WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 19 Jul 2004LAND EAST OF NO 9 OLD SHAMBLES, KENDAL
Received 19 Jul 2005Flat 3 Oakdene, Rockland Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7HR
Received 2 Sept 2015OS FIELD NO 0003, NEAR BARKIN HOUSE, GATEBECK, KENDAL, LA8 0HX
Received 15 Oct 2003THRIMBY HALL, THRIMBY, PENRITH, CA10 3DZ
Received 15 Feb 202236 Rusland Park KENDAL LA9 6AJ
Received 16 Oct 2026BARN OPPOSITE POT PLACE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 3 Oct 2016LAND BEHIND STAINTON HILL, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 18 Mar 20193 BEECHMOUNT, REDHILLS ROAD, ARNSIDE, LA5 0AT
Received 16 Apr 2012Land at Eamont Bridge Farm Eamont Bridge Penrith CA10 2BH
Received 27 Jun 2025Mint Cake Cottage, Quiggins Yard, Low Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4NH
Received 23 Feb 2016The Old Pele Croglin CARLISLE CA4 9RZ
Received 1 Mar 2024Carling House, Carling Steps, Burneside, Kendal, LA9 6PQ
Received 8 Feb 20137 Castle Riggs, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7BA
Received 19 Apr 2023Cark Manor, Cark in Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7PG
Received 21 Dec 2018SOUTH LODGE, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XH
Received 21 Sept 202013 ALLHALLOWS LANE, KENDAL, LA9 4JH
Received 23 Oct 200610A Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BD
Received 26 Nov 2019Carr Bank, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LE
Received 21 Mar 20239 Castle Dale, KENDAL, LA9 7BG
Received 16 Dec 2020ROE HEAD, SOWERBY ROW, CARLISLE, CA4 0QH
Received 17 Apr 2023OLD DUTCH BARN, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2LG
Received 23 Feb 2023Low Flan Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 30 Dec 2021Records 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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