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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,110 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
NORTH SIDE OF WAIN GATE, NORTH OF GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 25 Jan 2021Newlyn, Highfield Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7JA
Received 30 Apr 2015Nichol Ridge, 38 Black Dyke Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HL
Received 17 Sept 2018Bracken Hall Cottage Grayrigg KENDAL LA8 9BN
Received 31 Jan 20249 COBBLESTONE CORNER, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3BG
Received 10 Oct 20118 ASH MEADOW, KENDAL, LA9 6DX
Received 25 May 2006Surrounding Croft End Newland ULVERSTON LA12 7QQ
Received 20 Aug 2026BISHOPS YARD HOUSE, BISHOP YARDS, PENRITH, CA11 7XU
Received 26 Jan 2023Car Park Ford Park ULVERSTON LA12 7JP
Received 11 Mar 2026FILED ADJ TO GATELANDS, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3BJ
Received 15 Sept 201617 Strickland Court,, Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QU
Received 16 Nov 20189 SPITAL PARK, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6HG
Received 8 May 2012Wells House Farm, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6PN
Received 21 Nov 201211 Thorny Hills Kendal LA9 7AL
Received 3 Apr 2026LOW CURRIGG, SEBERGHAM, CARLISLE, CA5 7DX
Received 24 Feb 2017Kirkby Slate Quarry, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UN
Received 6 Jun 2023SANDFORD HALL, SANDFORD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NR
Received 4 Mar 2004Land Off Brigsteer Road, Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, LA9 5DZ
Received 7 Sept 20222 PARK VIEW, ARNSIDE, CARNFORTH, LA5 0EB
Received 2 Jul 200410 WOODSIDE, ENDMOOR, KENDAL, LA8 0HQ
Received 23 May 2003ADJACENT HIGH PARK LODGE, OXENHOLME ROAD, OXENHOLME, KENDAL, CUMBRIA
Received 10 Mar 2004SKIRSGILL PARK, PENRITH
Received 18 Jun 2004Green Lane End Farm Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PP
Received 26 Feb 202410 Castle Grove, KENDAL, LA9 7AY
Received 14 Feb 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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