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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,427 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 11 Dec 2020PADDOCK END, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 27 Sept 20189 HILL TOP COTTAGES, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PB
Received 9 Nov 20042 PEAR TREE WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8WA
Received 3 Feb 2005CHURCH VIEW, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 17 Mar 2003Apartments 10 & 13, Block B, Graythwaite Court, Fernhill Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7BN
Received 11 Oct 2016Meadowbank Farm, Chapels, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7XY
Received 26 May 2016CONDENSERGAPP, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
Received 13 Apr 2023SANDFORD ARMS, SANDFORD, APPLEBY, CA16 6NR
Received 18 Mar 201327 THORPE FIELD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JN
Received 23 Nov 2006LAND LYING TO THE NORTH EAST OF LYVENNET BRIDGE, MORLAND, PENRITH
Received 29 Jul 2016Telecommunications Mast Beacon Edge Penrith
Received 5 Sept 2025MAPLE LEA, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RS
Received 2 Dec 2021AYNAM LODGE, BRIDGE STREET, KENDAL
Received 24 Oct 2002SITE ADJACENT PRIZET FILLING STATION, KENDAL, LA8 8AA
Received 27 Jan 2005Reagill Grange Reagill PENRITH CA10 3ER
Received 17 Nov 2025Edge Hill Farm, Mountbarrow Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SE
Received 4 Aug 2017FIELD NORTH HELM BAR, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 17 Dec 2018LANGHORNE HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH
Received 2 Apr 2001Tesco Stores Ltd 26-28 Highgate KENDAL LA9 4SX
Received 1 Jul 2025HOME FARM, SKIRWITH, PENRITH
Received 1 Nov 2001BARCLAYS BANK PLC, 2/3 MARKET SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7YB
Received 3 Nov 2004DEERHOLME, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8PU
Received 1 Mar 20121 Barton Close, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1FL
Received 24 Sept 2018Records 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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