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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,352 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARN BEHIND BURNSIDE COTTAGE, GLASSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1DT
Received 9 Jan 20131 Wordsworth Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7JW
Received 28 Mar 2017HIGH ABOVE PARK, SELSIDE, KENDAL, LA8 9LA
Received 7 Oct 2011MOSS LYNN, STATION ROAD, HOLME
Received 7 Sept 2001Keasdale, Carr Bank Road, Storth, Cumbria, LA7 7LB
Received 13 Aug 2015HILL COTTAGE, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 25 Mar 2020Blawith Farm Lindale Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EU
Received 2 Sept 2024CHAPEL VIEW, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JE
Received 23 Mar 200422 Michaelson Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JQ
Received 12 Oct 202077 Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HE
Received 20 Nov 2020TREASON FIELD FARM, MIDDLETON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NQ
Received 7 Dec 2011Barn North of High Barn Langwathby PENRITH CA10 1NU
Received 19 Aug 2026Barn Hey Farm Flookburgh Road Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7RJ
Received 1 Apr 2025LAND ADJOINING BEAVER LODGE, MAIDEN HILL, PENRITH
Received 12 May 2003Ulverston Victoria High School, Springfield Road, Ulverston, LA12 0EB
Received 29 Aug 201414 High Fellside KENDAL LA9 4JG
Received 29 Oct 2025Heathfield Croft Terrace Penrith CA11 7RS
Received 21 Mar 20246 HYNING COURT, LEVENS, LA8 8NS
Received 15 Dec 2005Edge Hill Farm, Mountbarrow Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SE
Received 31 Oct 2016Hill Foot Hotel, Pennington Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SE
Received 2 Sept 2021Kendal Parish Church Kirkland KENDAL LA9 5AF
Received 27 Aug 2025CROFT HOUSE, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QW
Received 27 Feb 2015SITE ADJACENT TO MAPLE CROFT, SKELTON, PENRITH
Received 28 Feb 20199 Dallam Drive, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LL
Received 8 Jul 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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