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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,255 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 MARKET SQUARE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QT
Received 18 Dec 20202 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4ND
Received 8 Aug 2023BARN TO EAST OF DOVENGILL, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LP
Received 15 Apr 2016Powis House Long Marton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6AQ
Received 5 Sept 2024Hill Foot Garden Centre ULVERSTON LA12 7SE
Received 8 Jan 2024Land at former Cedar House School, Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HW
Received 21 Nov 2017ISAAC ARMSTRONG & SONS, SANDGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TJ
Received 19 Nov 2003QUARRY GARAGE, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 24 Jun 2003Asda Stores Ltd, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7JA
Received 19 Sept 2023Rose Cottage, Ulverston Road, Gleaston, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PZ
Received 17 Feb 202225 STRAMONGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 4 Jun 200335 ROMAN ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8DY
Received 3 Oct 2019Steps End Stainton KENDAL LA8 0LE
Received 8 Aug 20255 High Kepplewray, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BL
Received 4 Sept 2017MELLGATES, WINSKILL, PENRITH
Received 6 Jul 2005High Park Cottage, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7RE
Received 26 Nov 20212 Kingsley Avenue, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JD
Received 30 Apr 20197 CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 28 Sept 2006FERNDALE, ALLITHWAITE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 21 Mar 200346 MARNE AVENUE, RAVENSTOWN
Received 17 Sept 2002CHURCH MEWS, DUKE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7NB
Received 20 Jun 2006FELLSIDE, GATEBECK, KENDAL, LA8 0HW
Received 17 Jul 20063 Thornleigh Drive, Burton in Kendal, Carnforth, LA6 1NQ
Received 5 May 2015SOLMAINE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DF
Received 13 Mar 2023Records 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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