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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,589 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Watercrook Farm Natland Kendal LA9 7QB
Received 14 Sept 2026BARN IN FIELD 3856, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 6 Mar 2003FANNY HOUSE, OUTHGILL, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 20 May 2002Gouldmire Cottage, Scalthwaiterigg, KENDAL, LA9 6PL
Received 9 Aug 2021HUTTON SUBSTATION, OLD HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0LZ
Received 3 Jul 2012STONE CROSS MANSION, DALTONGATE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RY
Received 15 Jul 200511 CASTLE VIEW, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BA
Received 27 Jun 2019The Headlands, 57 Kirkhead Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DD
Received 11 Jan 2021OUSBY COMMUNITY CENTRE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 1QA
Received 26 Jan 2012Land to the south of Lyndene, Holme Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7RX
Received 18 Oct 2018UNTHANK FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TG
Received 23 Apr 201812 Malt Kiln Road Newbiggin ULVERSTON LA12 0TU
Received 5 Feb 20243, KING STREET, PENRITH
Received 8 Apr 200270 Kentsford Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 23 Oct 2018DOUGLAS HOUSE, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
Received 22 Nov 2016KENDAL YOUTH HOSTEL, 118 HIGHGATE,, KENDAL
Received 8 Feb 2002ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, CHURCH ST.,, BEETHAM
Received 14 Apr 199916 WHITE MOSS COURT, KENDAL
Received 26 Jul 2000FIELD/PADDOCK VIOL MOOR, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1LB
Received 15 Jun 2012THE OFFICE, MARDALE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EH
Received 28 May 2014Land at Beck House Farm Grayrigg KENDAL LA8 9ET
Received 1 Apr 2026Greaves, Popplemire Lane, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NA
Received 2 Dec 2022FERNBANK, BECKSIDE, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TQ
Received 27 Feb 20065B Captain French Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HP
Received 5 Jun 2019Records 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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