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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Caliba, 6 Fell Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JF
Received 13 Jun 2022CROSSFIELD FARM, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9NQ
Received 30 Nov 201691 LINGMOOR RISE, KENDAL, LA9 7PL
Received 1 Apr 200441 CENTURION RISE, PENRITH, CA11 8BQ
Received 15 May 202026 GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH, CA11 7DE
Received 26 May 2017CROWN LANE FURNITURE, OFF KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AJ
Received 19 Apr 2013The Farmhouse, Head Cragg, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7TB
Received 10 Feb 2017Stricklandgate House, 92 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4PU
Received 20 Feb 202338 AND 40 HOLME RIGGS AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 8NL
Received 23 May 2005ODDFELLOWS HALL, OFF MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AY
Received 23 Jul 2013ST THOMAS'S CHURCH, OFF MAIN STREET, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QJ
Received 24 Mar 20063 HIGHGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4QH
Received 22 Nov 2006Channel House, Pennington, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NY
Received 12 May 201729 Horncop Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4SR
Received 28 Apr 2021UNIT 7B, MARDALE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EH
Received 3 Aug 20211 SUNNYSIDE, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SS
Received 11 Nov 20162 KENT CLOSE, BOWSTON, KENDAL, LA8 9HJ
Received 27 Jan 2006The Coach House High Head Castle Ivegill Carlisle CA4 0PN
Received 30 Jan 202411 King Street, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7DZ
Received 7 Jul 2022BIGGINS HALL FARM, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 30 Apr 2002Thackwood Farm Monkcastle Southwaite CARLISLE CA4 0PZ
Received 27 Dec 202326 Collinfield, KENDAL, LA9 5JD
Received 13 Apr 20225, BRIDGE STREET, APPLEBY
Received 9 Jul 2003KILLINGTON HALL FARM, KILLINGTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HA
Received 14 Apr 2004Records 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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