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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,412 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CHURCH LANE, GREAT MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DW
Received 14 Sept 2011ASDA STORES LTD, BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7JA
Received 28 Feb 2005FURMAN HOUSE, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL
Received 11 Nov 2002BAY VIEW, COAST ROAD, ROOSEBECK, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RG
Received 21 Jun 2006Old Stainton Hall, Long Lane, Stainton-with-Adgarley, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, LA13 0NH
Received 27 Nov 2017KENTMERE HOUSE, BENEFITS AGENCY 1 BLACKHALL ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4BS
Received 22 Oct 2003PRIORY GARDENS, PRIEST LANE, CARTMEL, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6PU
Received 2 Aug 201217 LOW FELLSIDE, KENDAL, LA9 4NH
Received 4 Apr 2005109 Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DZ
Received 16 Sept 2021BLENCATHRA, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LE
Received 28 Jun 20042 CHAPEL COTTAGE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UP
Received 12 Jun 2006HEVERSHAM CAMPUS, DALLAM SCHOOL, HEVERSHAM
Received 17 Nov 2000Wray Farm Docker KENDAL LA8 0DB
Received 29 Jun 2023WINDYRIDGE, CARLETON VILLAGE, PENRITH, CA11 8TY
Received 17 Jan 2005108 and 112 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4PU
Received 28 Jun 2017DALLAM SCHOOL, HAVERFLATTS LANE, MILNTHORPE
Received 17 Jul 2000Woodgarth Building, Victoria High School, Springfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EB
Received 1 Jul 2021THE WEE NEAT, SEDGWICK
Received 26 Sept 20021 Bankfield Garden, KENDAL, LA9 5DX
Received 29 Oct 2020Manjushri Buddhist Centre, Conishead Priory, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QQ
Received 11 Jun 20184 Walby Garth Langwathby Penrith CA10 1NR
Received 9 Aug 2024BRAMPTON HALL, APPLEBY
Received 18 Mar 2003NORTH SCOUT GREEN, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3QZ
Received 6 Oct 2011ARMADALE HOTEL, ARRAD FOOT, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SL
Received 16 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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