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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,397 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CALTHWAITE HALL FARM, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 30 Oct 200625 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PF
Received 25 Feb 2019SKETTLE LEA, STAINTON, KENDAL, LA8 0LH
Received 28 Jan 2014SPRINGFIELD WATER TREATMENT WORKS, ALSTON
Received 16 May 2002BARN ADJ TO CHURCH GATES, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AL
Received 26 Feb 20041 Priory Crossing, Priory Road, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9QD
Received 2 Jun 2014LAMBS GATE, HIGH SKELGILL, ALSTON
Received 20 Mar 2001St Marys Church, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AU
Received 10 Mar 2020CRINDLEDYKE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH
Received 29 May 2002STONEWORKS GARTH, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JJ
Received 10 Jan 201253 HERON HILL, KENDAL, LA9 7JD
Received 24 May 2005LAND AND BUILDINGS AT THORP COTTAGES, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH
Received 16 Dec 2002MIDDLESCEUGH HALL, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NN
Received 17 Nov 2022166 Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5EZ
Received 28 Jan 20192 Chittery Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DP
Received 25 Apr 2023Apple Garth, South View Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4QN
Received 4 Mar 2019Plot immediately to south of Moss Hall, Carr Bank Road, Carr Bank, CARNFORTH, LA7 7LB
Received 10 Oct 2017KIRKBY LONSDALE MOTORS LTD, KENDAL ROAD, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2HH
Received 13 Feb 2006LAND AT MOSS BANK, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 6 Jul 2005Lilymere Estate Killington SEDBERGH LA10 5EJ
Received 12 Mar 2025HILLTOP, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 15 Oct 2003THE OLD TANNERY, MILL BROW, KIRKBY, LONSDALE
Received 8 Jun 2001LAND TO THE REAR OF PLEASANT VIEW, BLENCARN, PENRITH
Received 18 May 2004NEW HALL FARM, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JD
Received 7 Feb 2022Records 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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