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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 SOLWAY VIEW, HUTTON END, PENRITH, CA11 9TT
Received 1 Apr 2004Westhouse, Park Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7HQ
Received 6 Nov 201522a-22b Market Square KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4QT
Received 14 Mar 2024Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HJ
Received 19 Dec 2018Angerton Hall Farm, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XA
Received 4 Jul 2022LAND ADJACENT TO CASTLE FARM, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 22 Mar 2002Leyfield Coach House Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DD
Received 4 Mar 2026Rose Hill House Stainton Kendal LA8 0LQ
Received 8 Apr 2026THE NEW BACON HOUSE, STATION YARD, STATION ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6BT
Received 10 Feb 2014BARN KNOWN AS JONTYS BARN, RATTEN CASTLE, SOWERBY ROW, CARLISLE
Received 1 Sept 20174 Kent Place, KENDAL, LA9 4EY
Received 17 Jan 2018Stramongate Primary School, Blackhall Road, KENDAL, LA9 4BT
Received 8 Mar 20188 Wood Close Gardens, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0AF
Received 8 Jul 20148 BRACKENRIGG, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA, CA4 9PX
Received 14 Dec 2011BELLEVUE FARM, SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8SG
Received 26 Jul 201621 UNDERWOOD ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9JF
Received 18 May 200531 CASTLE GREEN LANE, KENDAL, LA9 6BB
Received 8 Mar 20045 Jefferson Drive ULVERSTON LA12 9LU
Received 24 Jun 202431 Sedbergh Road, Kendal, LA9 6AH
Received 12 Jul 2015Rise Foot, 11 Lune Close, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DA
Received 6 Sept 2016West Dene, Horse Close Lane, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0SH
Received 18 Apr 2016CROSSFIELD FARM, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9NQ
Received 4 Mar 2015THE POST OFFICE, 75 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 18 Jan 2001PETTERIL BARN FARM, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BD
Received 16 Sept 2016Records 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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