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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,615 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THACKWOOD LANDFILL SITE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 22 May 2006COATLITH HILL FARM, ALSTON, CA9 3JZ
Received 21 May 2012THE OLD RECTORY, DUFTON, APPLEBY
Received 17 May 2000Old Hall Farm, Old Hall Road, Ulverston, LA12 7PA
Received 13 Oct 201410 ASHLEIGH ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4SS
Received 3 Aug 2006CARUS GREEN GOLF CLUB, CARUS GREEN GOLF CLUB HOUSE, BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6EB
Received 24 Apr 2013Aldingham Hall Nursing Home, Aldingham, Ulverston, LA12 9RT
Received 24 Nov 2015Parkside Road, KENDAL, LA9 7AG
Received 15 Jan 2020GARAGE AT EXCHANGE HOUSE, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 17 Feb 1999FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, PRESTON PATRICK, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NZ
Received 11 Jun 20035 Squirrel Close Yanwath PENRITH CA10 2FJ
Received 19 Dec 2024MILESTONE HOUSE, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HA
Received 17 May 20059 Highgate KENDAL LA9 4DA
Received 16 Jul 2026Office Cobble Corn Mill Crooklands Milnthorpe LA7 7NS
Received 13 Dec 2022WOODCLOSE CARAVAN PARK, HIGH CASTERTON
Received 28 Apr 2003Kendal College, Wildman Street Building, Kendal, LA9 6EN
Received 15 Sept 2015PART FIELD NO 7744, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 4 Dec 2002Queen Katherine School, Appleby Road, KENDAL, LA9 6PJ
Received 11 May 2021Unthank House Unthank Skelton PENRITH CA11 9TG
Received 25 Sept 2026THE OLD QUARRY, BOWSCAR, PENRITH
Received 25 Nov 2004Larchwood Hartley Kirkby Stephen CA17 4JH
Received 31 Jan 2025PLOT 14, ELM CLOSE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HS
Received 28 Nov 2006Rear Cottage, Whinfield Farm, Lindal, Ulverston, LA12 0LE
Received 14 May 2014UNIT 11A, KENDAL BUSINESS PARK,, APPLEBY ROAD, KENDAL
Received 28 Jan 2000Records 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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