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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,191 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Green Riggs, Barrows Green, KENDAL, LA8 0AA
Received 13 Nov 20233, 5, 7 & 9 Gardiner Bank KENDAL LA9 4SL
Received 6 Oct 2026St Michaels Well Gleaston ULVERSTON LA12 0QF
Received 3 Sept 2025RYDAL ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 5 Nov 2002LAND OFF CHRISTIAN HEAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 11 Jan 2021Lambsceugh Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9PR
Received 9 Aug 20242 Wainwrights Yard, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4DP
Received 10 Apr 20135 Rowan Gardens, Natland, Cumbria, LA9 7FJ
Received 16 Apr 2015Graythwaite Manor Hotel Fernhill Road Grange-Over-Sands LA11 7JE
Received 15 Oct 2025AUDLANDS PARK, GATEBECK, KENDAL, LA8 0HU
Received 12 Apr 2006THE OLD FOUNTAIN, , 35 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QT
Received 14 Apr 20212 Barco Hill Grove PENRITH CA11 8NF
Received 3 Jan 2024LAND AT LANSMERE FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3ED
Received 13 Jan 2006LAND OFF CROGLAM PARK, ROWGATE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 8 Mar 2023LAND ADJACENT TO FERNBANK, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DS
Received 19 Oct 20203 ST JAMES DRIVE, BURTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HY
Received 10 Mar 2006OMEGA PROTEINS PENRITH LTD, PROCESSING PLANT, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 21 Apr 20171 Wansfell Drive, Heron Hill, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7JE
Received 8 Jun 2014St. Gregorys House Preston Patrick Milnthorpe Cumbria LA7 7NY
Received 25 Apr 2014Curlew 6 Morecambe Bank GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6DX
Received 5 Nov 2025Spout House Barn Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 1PQ
Received 7 Mar 2025STONEWORKS GARTH, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JE
Received 2 Jun 2014KELLETH OLD HALL, KELLETH, PENRITH, CA10 3UG
Received 12 Oct 2015Stone Lea, Penny Bridge, Ulverston, LA12 7RQ
Received 15 Nov 2012Records 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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