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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,393 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Town End Farm, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QJ
Received 3 Jan 2018CROFT HOUSE BARN, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 7 Mar 2023CO-OPERATIVE RETAIL SERVICES LTD, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4QN
Received 19 Sept 2014STATION VIEW, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EX
Received 30 Nov 200513 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 24 Nov 20164 KENTWOOD ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5JX
Received 23 Apr 2004LAND ADJACENT TO KIRKBY MOTORS, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 25 Jul 2006SPRING BANK, 1 GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LD
Received 14 Mar 2006Kingsland Shyreakes Lane Crosscrake KENDAL LA8 0AB
Received 21 Aug 20248 PARK VIEW LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3TW
Received 16 May 2005EDEN BANK COTTAGE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH
Received 19 Nov 2000Malt House, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ER
Received 14 Sept 202152 RUSLAND PARK, KENDAL, LA9 6AJ
Received 30 Sept 2005HAWTHORN HOUSE, NEWTON MEADOWS, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 11 Jun 2001Whinfell Wart Barrow Lane Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7RA
Received 28 Feb 2025Hill Cottage, Garnett Bridge Road, KENDAL, LA8 9AU
Received 26 Jul 20218 WATERCROOK FARM, NATLAND, KENDAL, LA9 7QB
Received 14 Dec 2011OUTBUILDINGS ADJ TO FARMHOUSE LOWER GRISEBURN, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY
Received 27 Aug 2002LAND NEAR FAWCETT MILL, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 30 May 2012Clear View Cottage Winton Kirkby Stephen CA17 4EE
Received 10 Feb 2026Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 31 May 2018SQUIRRELS, EDEN MOUNT, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6BZ
Received 18 Jan 2012IVY HOUSE, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JS
Received 23 Sept 20227 WESTMORLAND CENTRE, KENDAL, LA9 4LR
Received 10 Oct 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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