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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,579 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Dec 1997 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND EAST OF SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8RY
Received 17 Nov 2021Natland Hall Barn, Natland, Kendal, LA9 7QQ
Received 9 Apr 201467 SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6BE
Received 10 Feb 2005Land Southwest of Thorpefield Sockbridge CA10 2LN
Received 12 Nov 202421 to 27 & 64 to 70 Swan Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JX
Received 26 Nov 2021DETACHED BARN, BLUE GRASS, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DY
Received 8 Nov 202119 BRUNSWICK SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7LR
Received 17 May 2012Opposite Cartref Milnthorpe to the A6070 Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1PS
Received 25 Apr 2024Lakesway Holiday Home and Lodge Park, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EQ
Received 20 Dec 2017AGNES GILL, WHINFELL, KENDAL, LA8 9EJ
Received 25 Nov 2011Near Manjushri Buddhist Centre Office Conishead Priory Priory Road ULVERSTON LA12 9QQ
Received 20 Nov 2024WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 29 May 2003PROPERTY BETWEEN NOS 38 -39 THE GILL, ULVERSTON
Received 6 Dec 2004BACK GARTH, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JU
Received 2 Jun 200636b MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AJ
Received 28 Aug 2012LONSDALE VILLA, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AA
Received 19 Sept 20195 DEER PARK BARN, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NP
Received 24 Sept 200328 High Fellside, Kendal, LA9 4JG
Received 25 Jan 2015Land at Winter Lane, Plantation Bridge, KENDAL, LA8 9JA
Received 19 Jun 2019The Creamery, Main Street, Burton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LQ
Received 21 Jan 201441, NORTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 20 Mar 199867 Sands Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PR
Received 26 Jan 2017HILL CREST, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 18 Nov 20164, THE SANDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XP
Received 7 Jul 2021Records 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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