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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,624 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Low Bleaze Farm, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0LX
Received 15 Jun 2023Land at Raiselands Farm PENRITH CA11 9JW
Received 16 Jan 2025SHERIFF HOUSE, MAIN STREET, GREENODD
Received 25 Nov 19973 Mearness Drive, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9PE
Received 3 Apr 2014FORMER COUNCIL DEPOT, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 25 Sept 2003Bowston Garage, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HD
Received 14 Dec 2017The Art Store, 18 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2AG
Received 5 Apr 2013Fair View House, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BE
Received 28 Jan 20202 Stonecross Green, KENDAL, LA9 5HL
Received 23 Dec 2021LONGLANDS CARAVAN PARK, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA177XZ
Received 13 Jun 2003Outside of Grange, Milnthorpe Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PX
Received 2 Mar 20231 Scaur Terrace Orton Road Tebay PENRITH CA10 3TN
Received 12 Sept 202513 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AQ
Received 7 Sept 2016LECK HOUSE, SANDES AVENUE, KENDAL
Received 20 Feb 199817 CHURCH HILL, ARNSIDE
Received 24 Mar 2003Lingwood, Storth Road, Sandside, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PH
Received 26 Jan 202130 HOWE BANK CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 4 Oct 2001THE LODGE, MAIDENHILL, PENRITH, CA11 8SQ
Received 28 May 2021Drumlie House Newbiggin PENRITH CA11 0GN
Received 6 Mar 2024Crossfield Farm Bowscar PENRITH CA11 9NQ
Received 23 Apr 2026WESTFIELD, WART BARROW LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RA
Received 11 Aug 2004Bendrigg Lodge, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NR
Received 7 Jun 2016COB COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 10 May 2004FIRST FLOOR UNIT, 46A GILWILLY ROAD, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9BL
Received 19 May 2017Records 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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