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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Lawrences Church Boroughgate Appleby CA16 6QN
Received 13 Oct 2026THE OLD SPICE MILL, AUCTION MART YARD, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LANCASHIRE
Received 19 Oct 2006BRUNSWICK SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7LL
Received 6 Dec 2022NORTH AND SOUTH MARKET SQUARE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QT
Received 13 Dec 2011Ivy House Brampton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6JS
Received 27 Sept 20249A Thorny Hills, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7AL
Received 14 Apr 2014Riddings Farm, Lowick Green, ULVERSTON, LA12 8EA
Received 31 Jan 202019 THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH, CA11 8TF
Received 22 Nov 2019Former Lakeland Dry Cleaners, South Lakeland Retail Park, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 21 Jan 2019MOSSTHORN, PALLETHILL, PENRITH, CA11 0BY
Received 23 Feb 2005150 WINDERMERE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5EZ
Received 3 Nov 20037 New Road KENDAL LA9 4AY
Received 31 Mar 20264 INGLEMERE CLOSE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0AP
Received 19 Jul 2012CROFT HOUSE, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 13 May 2002TEBAY GHYLL, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XZ
Received 27 Nov 2015Knott View Barn, Marsden Farm, Farleton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PB
Received 23 May 2017Lambsceugh Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9PR
Received 4 Jul 2025LAND ADJACENT TO THE BEACON INN AND BEACONHILL COTTAGE, FELL LANE, PENRITH
Received 23 Apr 2003General Burgoyne Inn, Church Road, Greast Urswick, LA12 0SZ
Received 13 Apr 2016St Abbs, 29 Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 5 Dec 2017Arnside Tower Farm, Far Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0SN
Received 4 Jul 2017ARMATHWAITE MANOR, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PY
Received 14 Feb 2022FARMERS ARMS, MARKET PLACE, ULVERSTON
Received 19 Mar 2003LAND AT THATCHMOOR COTTAGE, LAMBRIGG
Received 12 Apr 2002Records 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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