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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,397 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT BURLAND GROVE, KENDAL, LA9 7LW
Received 20 Sept 2004THE LILACS, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 28 May 2001OAK TOPS, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EX
Received 23 Nov 20154 Hawthorn Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 6FG
Received 13 Jan 2023Land to south east of Strawberry Fields, KENDAL, LA9 7TA
Received 26 Feb 2019IVY HOUSE FARM, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 20 Oct 20201 WANDALES LANE, NATLAND, KENDAL, LA9 7QY
Received 17 Nov 2011THE OLD VICARAGE, KIRKBY IN FURNESS
Received 13 Jun 2005Keepers Cottage Barrock Park Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0JS
Received 20 Jul 2026TEBAY SOUTHBOUND SERVICES, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SB
Received 5 Apr 2013YEW TREE COTTAGE, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 19 May 2021DALEFOOT, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JT
Received 21 Mar 201312 WILSON STREET, KENDAL, LA9 7DR
Received 6 Sept 2006MOORHOUSE HILL, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0EW
Received 22 Oct 2012LAND ADJACENT TO SALKELD ROAD, FAIRHILL, PENRITH
Received 9 Jul 2018Swarthmoor Hall Farm, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JG
Received 12 Feb 20214 HIGH FELLGATE BARN, CARTMEL ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA117QA
Received 13 Oct 2004CEDAR BANK, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8PJ
Received 19 May 200566 Barco Avenue Penrith CA11 8LY
Received 24 Oct 20243 White Stiles, KENDAL, LA9 6DJ
Received 20 Feb 2020NORTH VIEW, BACK 'O BURN, ALSTON
Received 28 May 200315 Kent Park Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5JT
Received 17 Jun 2016Urswick Recreation Hall, Church Road, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0TA
Received 10 Jul 2023CROFT HOUSE, LAMONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SS
Received 9 Feb 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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