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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,412 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CROOKBANK COTTAGE, CROOKBANK, NENTHEAD
Received 27 Mar 2002Forge Europa Lighting Solutions Centre, 37 Princes Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7NQ
Received 22 Apr 201330 Beechnut Road, KENDAL, LA9 7FF
Received 26 Jul 202110 Mowbray Drive, Burton in Kendal, Cumbria, LA6 1NF
Received 15 Jan 201532 Castle Street, KENDAL, LA9 7AS
Received 3 Jun 2020THE STONEHOUSE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JT
Received 22 Jun 20045 DIXON COURT, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QU
Received 20 May 2022Rose Cottage Brackenber Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6LP
Received 9 Jan 2026Templand Cottages, Cartmel Road, Allithwaite, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7QZ
Received 10 May 2017NEWTON RIGG CAMPUS, NEWTON RIGG, PENRITH, CA11 0AH
Received 21 Aug 201537 Sands Road, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9PR
Received 26 Apr 201361 CASTLE DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 7EE
Received 19 Oct 2012Cartmel Surgery, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6PH
Received 3 Dec 2018LUHAM FARM, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8TA
Received 14 Sept 2022NENTHEAD TRIANGLE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3NP
Received 25 Aug 2006Stonecross Manor Hotel, Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HP
Received 1 Dec 20172 Rosemede Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DH
Received 4 Jan 2019YARFORDS, CHURCH BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EW
Received 7 Aug 2012Shepherds Mill, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8ND
Received 25 Apr 2022WHITBARROW FARM, BERRIER ROAD, PENRITH
Received 11 Nov 2002Westwinds Allithwaite Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7EP
Received 21 Jan 2026Cracalt Farm, Natland, Kendal, LA9 7QS
Received 23 Sept 2016NELSON HOUSE, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EF
Received 27 Nov 2018121 HIGH STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SH
Received 14 Feb 2017Records 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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