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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kendal Parks South, KENDAL, LA9
Received 10 May 2022LAND ADJACENT TO SMITHY COTTAGE, UNTHANK, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TG
Received 16 Oct 201718 CROGLAM PARK, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SF
Received 7 Apr 202211 Hest View Road, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9PJ
Received 3 Apr 2014ROCK COTTAGE, SANDSIDE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HX
Received 2 Aug 2012CORNER COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BT
Received 9 Mar 2004THE OLD JOINERY BACK LANE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AP
Received 30 Jan 2004SEDGWICK HOUSE, SEDGWICK, KENDAL, LA8 0JX
Received 8 May 2013PROPOSED KILLINGTON WINDFARM, KILLINGTON, SEDBERGH, LA10 5EJ
Received 25 May 2012LAND ADJACENT TO TOWNFOOT, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PN
Received 12 Feb 20177 Kentwood Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JX
Received 21 Feb 2022Longwell, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9LD
Received 6 Sept 2022KNOCK CROSS, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DT
Received 18 Oct 20183 STOCKMANS COTTAGE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9RN
Received 16 Nov 2020LAND TO THE EAST OF THE THORPE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TJ
Received 29 Jan 2016ATE (Telephone Exchange), Hardcragg Way, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6BH
Received 17 Sept 2014Keld Farm Keld Lane Keld PENRITH CA10 3QF
Received 17 Jun 2024Lupton Hall, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PX
Received 8 Jan 2019LAND WEST OF PUBLIC FOOTPATH, NORTH OF MAIN STREET, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UA
Received 6 Jan 202252 Priory Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BJ
Received 6 May 2021GREGGS CANTON HOUSE, DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH
Received 27 May 2003LAND OFF WAIN GATE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 9 Oct 20153 Meadow View Cark-in-Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7NZ
Received 3 Oct 202519 FAIRBANK, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BD
Received 19 Jan 2006Records 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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