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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 HAYCLOSE CRESCENT, KENDAL, LA9 7NT
Received 27 Apr 2004Land north of Levens View, High Sampool, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EQ
Received 20 Apr 2022High House Farm, Helsington, Kendal, LA8 8AG
Received 24 Sept 2015LAND OFF B6277, FOREST AND FRITH, ALSTON, CA9 3HF
Received 8 Jun 2023GHYLLCROFT, LOW BRAITHWAITE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NG
Received 27 Nov 2020BARN ADJOINING COTEGILL FARMHOUSE, GAISGILL, TEBAY, CA10 3UH
Received 26 Jan 2004LITTLE BLENCOW FARM, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DG
Received 17 Sept 20031 Main Street, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 19 Sept 20197 HOAD TERRACE, ULVERSTON
Received 5 Mar 2002Land at Jubilee Gardens Stainton Penrith CA11 0FS
Received 4 Mar 2025KIRKBIE KENDAL SCHOOL, LOUND ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7EQ
Received 26 Sept 2003Hillside, Church Road, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8PT
Received 25 May 20211 Castle View, KENDAL, LA9 7AP
Received 3 Aug 2020MILL DAM CARAVAN PARK, CARTMEL, LA11 7SS
Received 26 May 2006Ivy Cottage Dragley Beck ULVERSTON LA12 0ES
Received 30 Sept 2025WILLOW GARTH, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 14 Jan 2022WATH LANE, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4NB
Received 25 Aug 201513 Main Road, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RZ
Received 19 Aug 20191 CHURCH STREET, MILNTHORPE
Received 17 Apr 2003Grayrigg Hall Grayrigg Kendal Cumbria LA8 9BU
Received 2 Jul 2024PUBLIC TOILETS, PEPPERCORN LANE, KENDAL, LA9 5AQ
Received 15 Mar 2012107 Station Road, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NY
Received 9 Apr 2019David Hayton Ltd, Station Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6BT
Received 31 Mar 2015LINDUM HOUSE, HIGH STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BL
Received 3 Jun 2020Records 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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