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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
95 SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6BE
Received 4 May 2006Kirkby in Furness Community Centre, Lady Moyra Incline, Beckside, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7TG
Received 21 Nov 2017BURGUNDY'S WINE BAR & 19 LOWTHER STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4DH
Received 31 Jul 2006Outside 52 Marne Avenue Ravenstown GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7LH
Received 19 Jan 2026SOWERBY HALL, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 14 Jun 2021PINFOLD, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH
Received 15 May 2002FORMER POST OFFICE, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 9 Jul 2002BROWFOOT BARN, SELSIDE, KENDAL, LA8 9EA
Received 13 Feb 200450 SOUTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SN
Received 3 Nov 2022WHITBARROW VILLAGE, BERRIER, PENRITH
Received 23 Jul 2004HAYRING FARM, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LW
Received 29 Jul 2014Wharton Barn, Park View, CARTMEL, LA11 6QF
Received 24 Jan 20183 PORTHOUSE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8QB
Received 28 Apr 200516 Birchfield, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0JA
Received 4 Oct 202116 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2AE
Received 4 Nov 20169 LOWTHER STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4DH
Received 29 Nov 2005HERONWOOD, WARCOP, APPLEBY, CA16 6PU
Received 2 Sept 2013The Fountain House, 8 Beck Head, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2AY
Received 27 Jun 202219 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AJ
Received 21 Feb 2018Land at Natland Mill Beck Lane, KENDAL
Received 15 Mar 2016MIDTOWN FARM, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 12 Jun 2006Stone Cross Mansion, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RY
Received 25 Jan 2019STONEHURST HAGGS LANE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6HD
Received 17 Aug 2004K & J Morgan Holdings Ltd Morecambe Road ULVERSTON LA12 0BH
Received 22 Aug 2025Records 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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