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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,289 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
O2 Levens Moss, Lea Bridge End, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EJ
Received 12 Oct 2021St Marks C Of E School Oxenholme Lane Natland KENDAL LA9 7QH
Received 19 Mar 2026The Farm Shop, Goadsbarrow Farm, Main Road, Baycliff, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RW
Received 12 Jan 2023Canal Head House, Canal Head North, Kendal, LA9 7BY
Received 6 May 2014MOSTYN HOUSE, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RQ
Received 8 Apr 2004CENTER PARCS, WHINFELL FOREST VILLAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 2DW
Received 30 Aug 2006CLIBURN HALL, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 11 Feb 20134 DAMSON BANK, CROWN INN FIELDS, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3EH
Received 20 Jan 2023Cross Keys Inn Carleton Village PENRITH CA11 8TP
Received 13 May 2024WHITE HOUSE, BOLTON, CA16 6AL
Received 30 Sept 2020Stramongate Primary School Blackhall Road Kendal Cumbria LA9 4BT
Received 25 Sept 2024KYNAARA, STORTH ROAD, STORTH, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HS
Received 2 Feb 2004Unit 6, South Lakeland Retail Park, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 30 Oct 2018Pizza Express, 10 Wainwrights Yard, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4DP
Received 16 Jun 20155 LOW KIRKBARROW LANE, KENDAL, LA9 5DG
Received 19 Aug 200545 Echo Barn Hill, KENDAL, LA9 5NA
Received 18 Jun 2019HOWE GARTH, FAIRYBEAD LANE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0DX
Received 26 Nov 202015 CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 8 Jun 201537 Horncop Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4SR
Received 17 Mar 2015CURLEW COTTAGE, HIGH HAVERFLATTS, HAVERFLATTS LANE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DG
Received 24 Oct 2005THE OLD SMITHY, SEDBERGH, CUMBRIA, LA10 5EE
Received 22 Aug 20111 Low Pastures Lowgate Levens KENDAL LA8 8QH
Received 8 Jan 2024THE BUILDINGS, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EF
Received 22 Sept 2003THE CRICKET PAVILION, THE BUTTS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 5 Dec 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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