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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,312 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LORNE HOUSE, ALSTON
Received 20 Nov 20023 DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7SR
Received 21 Jan 2005Cedric Walk, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DG
Received 14 Jun 2022FARADAY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4QL
Received 12 Apr 2012TAKODA CAMPING SITE, KIRKBANK LANE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AP
Received 26 Apr 2018Heaves Farm Heaves Kendal LA8 8DU
Received 12 Sept 202524, MURTON VIEW, APPLEBY
Received 11 Feb 200353 Scafell Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7PE
Received 20 Feb 201730 Strickland Court, Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QU
Received 23 Apr 2019Field South of Quarry, KENDAL
Received 14 May 2020CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY POLICE STATION, BEETHAM ROAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QR
Received 28 Jan 2005Outside of Driveline 1 Unit 20 Bowerbank Way Penrith CA11 9BQ
Received 1 Sept 2026WEST END OF ENTRY LANE CAR PARK, ENTRY, LANE, KENDAL
Received 3 Oct 2002INGLEVIEW COTTAGE, ALDINGHAM, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RF
Received 28 Nov 2011ASDA STORE, BURTON ROAD, KENDAL
Received 1 Apr 2003The Old Bar, Cavendish Street, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QA
Received 29 Mar 2021NORTH DYKE FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9ND
Received 10 Oct 2014Van and boat store for Tritech International Ltd, Ulverston, Cumbria
Received 3 Jul 2014Underhill, Burton Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7EP
Received 1 Aug 2017AGRICOLA, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH
Received 6 Feb 2003LAND AT STATION ROAD, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY
Received 15 Apr 2019George & Dragon Hotel, , GEORGE AND DRAGON INN, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3DS
Received 4 Jan 2022Station Yard Adj B5282 Sandside Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0HQ
Received 2 Jun 2025PLOT 1 (PHASE 2), SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 19 Sept 2001Records 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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