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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,427 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BURNESIDE MILLS, KENDAL
Received 21 Jan 200312 Soutergate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7ER
Received 30 Jan 2023Carlinrise Burneside KENDAL LA9 6PN
Received 22 Jan 2026PLOT 2 MOSS RIGG, PALLET HILL, PENRITH
Received 11 Aug 2005Oak Fold, Garnett Bridge Road, KENDAL, LA8 9AU
Received 24 Jul 2023MEG BANK FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 23 Jul 2013Land north of Sycamore Close, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0NY
Received 5 Aug 2020Land to east of Locker Lane Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7RJ
Received 15 Jul 2024REIGNY HOUSE COTTAGE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AY
Received 1 Sept 2016LAND TO REAR OF 10 BURLINGTON STREET,, ULVERSTON
Received 20 Nov 200120 GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4JE
Received 27 Nov 2012Land at Halier How Lane, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SQ
Received 22 May 2023Glaxosmithkline, North Lonsdale Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DR
Received 14 May 2020FIELD NY 5339, 9566, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 23 Dec 2003TERRET DENE, NEW ROAD, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 19 Mar 2002PART OS FIELD 0115, MURTON
Received 13 May 2003ROADSIDE VERGE ADJACENT KILN SCAR, ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HD
Received 27 Mar 201222 High Kent Close, KENDAL, LA9 7FA
Received 19 Aug 2015THE LAKES FIELD, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 20 Dec 20212 QUEENS STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 15 Aug 2000THE STATION HOUSE, MIDDLETON IN LONSDALE, LA6 2NE
Received 10 Aug 2005JNC OFF BURNESIDE ROAD/APPLERIGG AND, BRIARIGG
Received 14 Feb 2001High Roosebeck Farm, Goadsbarrow, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RE
Received 12 Feb 2021Hillside, Oubas Hill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LB
Received 5 Jan 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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