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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,602 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 HIGHGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4ED
Received 11 Oct 2011MEADOW BANK, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6NY
Received 23 Aug 2004HUTTON END SUBSTATION, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TL
Received 16 May 2019BRIDGE END INN, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UZ
Received 5 Jan 2012ASHGILL WOOD, GARRIGILL, ALSTON
Received 4 Dec 2001GREEN FARM, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PW
Received 18 Sept 2013MANSERGH COMMUNITY HALL, FORMER RIGMADEN SCHOOL, CHAPEL LANE, RIGMADEN, MANSERGH, CUMBRIA, LA6 2EN
Received 12 Mar 2013BEECHWOOD, PARK LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3AB
Received 19 Apr 202376 CASTLE GROVE, KENDAL
Received 17 Dec 2001NEWBIGGIN FARM, HUTTON ROOF, LA6 2PL
Received 1 Dec 2005Cautley Farm Whassett MILNTHORPE LA7 7DN
Received 14 Mar 2025Land adjacent Thorncop, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HD
Received 23 Sept 2016OLD STATION YARD, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 8 May 2001ARGILL HOUSE, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DH
Received 20 Feb 200429 Strickland Court Windermere Road Kendal LA9 4QU
Received 28 May 2026St Thomas Church, Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4QL
Received 28 Nov 2022Grandy Nook, Low Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4NZ
Received 13 Aug 201915 PARK CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 8ND
Received 23 Aug 2005LANGMERE FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 22 May 200011 THORPEFIELD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JN
Received 11 Jun 2019CONQUEROR FLAT, THE STABLES, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH
Received 29 Sept 2005Areas surrounding Gable Cottage Rosside ULVERSTON LA12 7NR
Received 14 Oct 202459 LAUREL GARDENS, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6FE
Received 29 Jun 2005HIGH PLOUGHLANDS, PLOUGHLANDS LANE, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PQ
Received 18 Jan 2022Records 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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