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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,102 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 YEATS CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 5HY
Received 15 Jun 20127 Swinnate Road, ARNSIDE, LA5 0HR
Received 27 Mar 2018Hazelwood Court, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6SP
Received 29 Sept 2022Bramble Cottage Hutton Roof CARNFORTH LA6 2PG
Received 11 Mar 2025Barnsdale, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9AG
Received 22 Feb 202118 Michaelson Road, Kendal, LA9 5JQ
Received 8 Aug 201414 The Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DY
Received 30 Apr 2020Newland Farm, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QQ
Received 24 Oct 2019UNIT 5/6 STATION YARD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LA
Received 3 Sept 2018ROSE BANK COTTAGE, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 28 Jul 2016BUILDING WEST OF THE OLD POST OFFICE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 15 Nov 202211 Ford Park Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JW
Received 24 Oct 2017MOUNTAIN VIEW, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 9 Jul 2021Sunnyside, Low Park Lane, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EH
Received 22 Jul 2019GARTH HOUSE, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 2 Aug 201710 THE FLATTS, RYLEYFIELD ROAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7TF
Received 28 Feb 2013WESTMORLAND MOTORWAY SERVICES LTD WESTMORLAND PLACE, M6 (WEST), ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SB
Received 7 Mar 200455 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 25 Apr 2016Land off Kendal Parks Road, KENDAL
Received 27 May 2016Yonder Barn, Selside, Kendal, LA8 9EA
Received 27 Nov 2015STATION GARAGE, STATION ROAD, ARNSIDE, LA5 0HG
Received 18 Apr 2012SUNNYBANK, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8NQ
Received 18 Jun 2012HARTLEY CASTLE, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JJ
Received 10 Sept 20214 AND 5 WOODSIDE ROAD, ENDMOOR, CUMBRIA, LA8 0HQ
Received 7 Jul 2005Records 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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