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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,341 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Hawesmead Drive, KENDAL, LA9 5HD
Received 12 Apr 2017Wells House Farm, Ford Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PN
Received 4 Sept 2020Ground, 4A High Tenterfell, KENDAL, LA9 4PG
Received 31 Jul 202343 Helme Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7JB
Received 29 Jan 2021OLD BALLAST TIP MILESTONE HOUSE, PENRITH
Received 3 May 200225 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AQ
Received 5 Oct 2018DREAMLAND FARM, STAINTON, KENDAL, LA8 0LQ
Received 13 Nov 2003LAND AT TARN CLOSE, ROSSIDE, ULVERSTON, LA127NW
Received 10 Mar 2004Cox Bank Barn, Preston Patrick, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PD
Received 19 May 2023Land at Cross Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DQ
Received 9 Jan 2023TEBAY EAST, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 13 Oct 20014 RAKEHEAD COTTAGES, MEETING HOUSE LANE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9ND
Received 28 Nov 2011Ellerton Grange Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0LF
Received 10 Dec 2025TWO BYRES, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SE
Received 27 Mar 2023NEWTONGATE DEPOT, NEWTON ROAD NEWTONGATE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 29 Apr 2003Fields to the North James Cropper PLC & West of Garnett Bridge Road Burneside KENDAL LA9 6PZ
Received 15 Apr 2024ST ANNES HOSPITAL, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND, CUMBRIA, CA16 6XQ
Received 28 Sept 2023Former Garden Centre Allithwaite Road Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JR
Received 6 Dec 2023NORTH LOANING HOUSE, ALSTON, CA9 3JZ
Received 4 Jan 202112 HAZEL BANK GARDENS, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LH
Received 11 Mar 2013LAND ADJACENT TO BANK TOP YARD, BANKSIDE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AQ
Received 9 Feb 2012KENDAL AMTE, BLACKHALL ROAD, KENDAL
Received 23 Dec 2002FIELD ACCESS TO NORTH OF LUPTON HALL, ON EAST SIDE OF C5088 GOODMICKLE LANE, LUPTON, CUMBRIA
Received 15 Aug 2012WHITESTONE FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3HB
Received 17 Jan 2020Records 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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