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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,078 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 WHINFELL TERRACE, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XL
Received 1 Jun 2020Former Scrap Yard, Back Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EJ
Received 1 Sept 2022Greggs Plc Baker House Greenbank Road Eden Business Park PENRITH CA11 9FB
Received 22 Jul 20245 Beck Head, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2AY
Received 8 Feb 2016Coppice Howe Skelsmergh KENDAL LA8 9AQ
Received 16 Mar 2026BRANTFIELD, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
Received 21 Jul 2014Jenkin Cragg Farm, Fowl Ing Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6PH
Received 16 Jan 2023Near 109 Appleby Road, KENDAL, LA9 6HF
Received 27 Jul 2022GATE HEADS, HIGH CASTERTON, LA6 2SF
Received 9 May 2005SYCAMORE COTTAGE, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3SS
Received 13 Jun 201842 Rydal Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9BU
Received 5 Apr 202225 Meadowside Close, ENDMOOR, LA8 0EJ
Received 11 Dec 2017Owlet Hall, Nelson Square, Levens, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 8PZ
Received 24 Mar 2023Land at Lindale, Lindale, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6LA
Received 10 Mar 2017Lawn Cottage Overburn ALSTON CA9 3SH
Received 19 Sept 2023OLD ST JOHNS CHURCH, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 2 Mar 2021Parkside Business Park, M D Laundry Machines, Parkside Road, KENDAL, LA9 7EN
Received 13 Apr 20183 Bela Avenue, Milnthorpe, LA7 7QT
Received 16 Dec 201412 FINLEY DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 6DN
Received 1 Jul 2004Jolleys Farm, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1RP
Received 10 Jul 20232 BECKSIDE, OAK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8RW
Received 4 Oct 2004GREENSIDE, COLBY LANE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RH
Received 14 May 2012Owl Barn, Back Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EP
Received 16 Mar 2021Cartmel Park, Cartmel Racecourse, Park View, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6QF
Received 2 Sept 2022Records 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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