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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,417 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HARTLEY FOLD HOUSE, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 11 Oct 2001Kendal Dental Surgery 56 Stramongate KENDAL LA9 4BD
Received 6 Aug 2024Land at Brigsteer Road (Phase 3) KENDAL LA9
Received 23 Oct 2024Moss Bank Country Lodges Great Salkeld PENRITH CA11 9NA
Received 12 Mar 202633, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 31 Jul 2000HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION, WAYSIDE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 9 Oct 2019HUNTERS COTTAGE, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PA
Received 10 Feb 2022LOW FRITH FARM, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PP
Received 5 Sept 2012OS 4212 PEA FOOT, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 18 Mar 2002WHAUP COTTAGE, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NG
Received 14 Jun 2006The Nook, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 16 Feb 2022Land at Sand Croft Penrith CA11 8BB
Received 16 Oct 2026Lindenthwaite Beacon Edge Penrith CA11 8BN
Received 25 Mar 2024Vestry at the United Reformed Church, 104 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 12 Dec 20224 Pinders Lane, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PW
Received 15 Mar 202127 High Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4JG
Received 29 Apr 2016CROWN INN, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NL
Received 4 Aug 2004Beaver Lodge Salkeld Road Penrith CA11 8SH
Received 13 Jun 2024Red Dragon 59 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, LA6 2AH
Received 20 Oct 2015GROUND FLOOR PREMISES, 9 QUEEN STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 17 Mar 2003HIGH PARK FARM, OXENHOLME, KENDAL, LA9 7RE
Received 19 Sept 201229 Juniper Way Penrith CA11 8UF
Received 7 Jul 2025THE BAND ROOM, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QW
Received 1 Oct 2019AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AT LOWGHYLL FARM,, KIRKBY IN FURNESS
Received 22 Jan 2003Records 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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