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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,611 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jun 1997 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
113 VALLEY DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 7SD
Received 30 Jan 200611 HILLSIDE, HOLME
Received 29 Aug 2000Land adjacent to Appletreewick, Beachwood Close, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BE
Received 29 Mar 20174, HENLEY CLOSE, CATTERLEN, PENRITH
Received 20 Oct 1998IVY HOUSE, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 29 Oct 2012Kentgate Place, Beezon Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6EQ
Received 7 Aug 2015CENTER PARCS LTD, WHINFELL FOREST HOLIDAY VILLAGE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 2DW
Received 16 Sept 201310 UNION STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HR
Received 26 Sept 2005Quarry Cottage South Dyke Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9LL
Received 1 Aug 2024LAND AT LEVENS HOUSE FARM, NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AA
Received 15 Jan 2018LAND AT NEWBIGGIN, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0HS
Received 10 Nov 200387A Allithwaite Road, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JR
Received 5 Jul 2017AINSWORTH HOUSE, 9 AINSWORTH STREET, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7EU
Received 21 Nov 2011Scales Green Farm, Scales, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PB
Received 12 Dec 2019BARNCROFTS 1 & 2, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS
Received 19 Oct 2001Canal Foot Café, Canal Foot, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9EN
Received 30 Jul 2014THE THRUSHES, KIRKBY IN FURNESS
Received 4 Apr 2000LOWFIELD FARM, APPLEBY, CA16 6LH
Received 22 Jul 2013PART FIELD NO 8949, GREEN LANE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 20 Feb 1998OAK BANK, KIRKOSWALD, CA10 1EE
Received 16 Jul 201844 HIGH FELLSIDE, KENDAL, LA9 4JG
Received 2 Jul 201266A, Shap Road, Kendal, LA9 6DP
Received 11 Jul 2014Hunter Hall Farm Great Salkeld PENRITH CA11 9NA
Received 15 Oct 2024PRESBYTERIAN MANSE, 7 BRUNSWICK TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 7LN
Received 20 Aug 2012Records 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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