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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,261 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Knott, Station Lane, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HS
Received 31 Oct 20232 Chambers Close, KENDAL, LA9 5JE
Received 1 Apr 2020FONTAYNE, COLBY LANE, APPLEBY
Received 22 Apr 200216 Carter Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AN
Received 3 Mar 2021BEECH HOUSE, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HY
Received 8 Aug 20162, KITCHENHILL, BOWSCAR
Received 17 Feb 2002SKIRWITH HALL, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RH
Received 7 Sept 20222 SANDHALL COTTAGES, ULVERSTON
Received 14 Jun 2002SAND AIRE HOUSE, KENDAL, LA9 4BB
Received 25 Jun 2003Meadow Barn Cark-In-Cartmel Grange-Over-Sands LA11 7PE
Received 22 Dec 2025NEWBY HALL, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 20 Jul 2002HIGHCROFT, 6 BEAST BANKS, KENDAL, LA9 4JW
Received 17 Jun 2005CARPOOL HOUSE, MASK ROAD, BLEATARN, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PX
Received 25 Mar 2020SOUTH BARN NORDVUE BARN, ARMATHWAITE
Received 26 Mar 2003Buildings adjacent The Barn The Green Kirkby Stephen CA17 4RG
Received 29 Aug 2025Close Cottage Barn, Docker Garth, Docker, Kendal, LA8 0DB
Received 17 Apr 2013The Lakeland Museum, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AL
Received 27 Jul 2023QUEEN ELIZABETH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7EG
Received 22 Jan 2018FLAT 1 GILLING GROVE, KENDAL, LA9 5LF
Received 28 Sept 2005LAND OFF GREENBANK ROAD, EDEN BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 13 Oct 2023FORMER BUILDERS MERCHANTS STORE, FARADAY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QL
Received 14 Oct 2005Derwen Cottage Charney Road Grange-over-sands LA11 6BP
Received 22 Oct 2025GREEN HOUSE FARM, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PH
Received 2 Aug 2006LAND TO THE WEST OF CROSS KEYS, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3UY
Received 12 Jan 2016Records 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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