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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,231 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Badgers Wood Woodlands Drive Allithwaite Grange-over-sands LA11 7PZ
Received 18 Jan 2021WH SMITH, 44 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4ND
Received 26 Jun 2012SAUL HILL, GARNETT BRIDGE ROAD, BURNESIDE, LA8 9AU
Received 12 Jan 200685 CLIFFORD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8PU
Received 3 Feb 2022Outside Kantara North Road Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1QG
Received 29 Feb 202412 Garden Close PENRITH CA11 7LF
Received 10 Oct 202419 SALKELD ROAD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1ND
Received 30 Sept 20043 ST MARKS FOLD, NATLAND
Received 11 Mar 200315 CROFT AVENUE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NR
Received 23 Jan 2020OS Field no 3438, Milton, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NZ
Received 10 Jun 20196 Friary Fields Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6UT
Received 15 Jul 20241 CANAL HEAD, OUBAS HILL, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LB
Received 21 Feb 20147 ASHES COURT, OWLET ASH FIELDS, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA, LA7 7HN
Received 5 Jan 2005Fox Covert, Laverock Hill, Skelsmergh, Kendal, LA8 9EP
Received 3 Aug 2015Keepers Cottage Newby PENRITH CA10 3EP
Received 5 May 2026LAND ADJ. TO POPPING BECK, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA
Received 11 May 200420 Sedbergh Road, Kendal, LA9 6AD
Received 6 Feb 2014OS FIELD NO 0003, NEAR BARKIN HOUSE, GATEBECK, KENDAL, LA8 0HX
Received 9 Mar 2004Wide Spaces, 47 Black Dyke Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HP
Received 3 Feb 2022LOW HOUSE, BOWSCAR, PENRITH
Received 12 Nov 2002Hardrigg, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DH
Received 18 Nov 2022FLUSCO QUARRY, NEWBIGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0BJ
Received 4 Oct 2012HALE GARAGE, HALE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BH
Received 21 May 2012GP Surgery Health Centre Gillinggate KENDAL LA9 4JE
Received 23 Mar 2026Records 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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