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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
KIRKBARROW HALL, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0SF
Received 23 Jul 201444 Hillswood Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5BT
Received 2 Jun 2016'SPINDRIFT' 44 KIRKBIE GREEN, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 7 Mar 2005THE HOLLIES & HOLLY LODGE, ROMAN ROAD, APPLEBY, CA16 6JH
Received 19 Apr 201341 Market Street ULVERSTON LA12 7LR
Received 3 May 2024Greenlaw, 10 Briery Bank, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HW
Received 25 May 201837 HOLME RIGGS AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 8NL
Received 17 Feb 202233 SILVER HOWE CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 7NW
Received 5 Feb 20042 DALTONGATE COURT, ULVERSTON, LA12 7UA
Received 25 Apr 2012GLENROYD, ORCHARD ROAD, ARNSIDE, LA5 0DS
Received 15 Aug 2012BARN TO THE NORTH EAST OF GALE HOUSE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JB
Received 17 Aug 2022Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 25 Jan 2021Fell Foot, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6PH
Received 4 Oct 2016MORLAND HALL, MORLAND, PENRITH
Received 4 Apr 2002LAND TO NORTH OF BIRK KNOTTS, GRIZEBECK, KIRKBY in FURNESS, LA17 7XN
Received 24 Sept 2012LAND SOUTH OF THE GREEN, NATEBY, CA17 4JR
Received 17 Mar 2016LAND BETWEEN MANATEE AND BEACON VIEW, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NN
Received 8 Jun 2020BUILDINGS AT LOW HOUSE, BOWSCAR, PENRITH
Received 4 Jan 20027 Market Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AY
Received 11 Aug 201637 BRIARIGG, BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 25 Mar 20023 Burton Mews, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7EY
Received 2 Oct 2017VINE COTTAGE MURRELL HILL, GRANGE OVER SANDS, CUMBRIA, LA11 7HN
Received 20 Oct 20046 BECKSIDE COTTAGES, LITTLE URSWICK, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PY
Received 29 Sept 2004Royal Hotel, Main Street, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LY
Received 7 May 2019Records 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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