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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,319 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
KENDAL COLLEGE, MILNTHORPE ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 5AY
Received 24 Oct 201115 WHITE OX WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8QP
Received 24 Jun 2020Blawith Lodge Windermere Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EG
Received 9 Oct 2024CORRIEGILLS, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 6 Jul 2012NEWLANDS HILL COTTAGE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TR
Received 21 Dec 2020Lloyds Pharmacy Station House, Station Road, KENDAL, LA9 6RY
Received 3 Aug 2016Butterfingers, Main Street, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6DP
Received 25 Jan 2016Merlewood, 60 Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PT
Received 2 Jun 2016LAND ADJACENT TO WARRENGILL PLANTATION, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 28 Feb 2005Land off Mile Lane PENRITH
Received 28 Oct 202489 PENNY HILL PARK, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9JW
Received 9 Apr 2015Coupland Beck Farm Coupland Beck Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6LN
Received 30 Jan 2024LAND SOUTH OF BEACON VIEW, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NN
Received 13 Dec 202132 Finkle Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AB
Received 8 Nov 2017LAND AT CHURCH ROAD, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8QF
Received 23 Dec 20059 CUMBERLAND DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 7JS
Received 7 Nov 2006ENDSCAR, 4 WINTERS PARK, CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8RE
Received 1 Dec 2021STONEHOUSE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JT
Received 6 Oct 2003SCAUR HOUSE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 15 Jul 20041 MARKET STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 12 Sept 2003PREMIER INN, PENRITH
Received 20 Oct 2015SITE ADJ TO KNOCK HALL, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DN
Received 3 Jun 2016Coal Yard, The Sidings, Beezon Road Trading Estate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6BW
Received 17 Oct 2014SANDSTONES, 4 TOWNHEAD, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 1AT
Received 12 Apr 2012Records 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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