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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,624 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BELLEVUE FARM, SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8SG
Received 13 Jan 2022LAND NORTH OF HACKTHORPE HALL, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HW
Received 7 Jun 2021LAND OPPOSITE BARNES GREEN, GREENS LANE, GREAT SALKELD
Received 3 Nov 2017Fish Over Chips, Highfield Nook, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EY
Received 27 Aug 2020Surrounding Castlehead Field Centre Castlehead Lindale GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6QT
Received 3 Sept 2026THE ROYAL HOTEL, MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 24 Jan 2002WEST VIEW HOUSE, FERNHILL ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 13 Apr 200435 CHAMBERS CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 5JE
Received 26 Apr 2005Fairbank Smithy, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 23 Mar 2015Low Bleaze Farm, Old Hutton, Old Hutton, Cumbria, LA8 0LX
Received 19 Mar 2015THE SHIRE, OUSBY, PENRITH
Received 14 Apr 2003MELMERBY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 8 Mar 200123 Coniston Drive, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6LE
Received 15 Sept 2014LAND AT WEST PLAIN FARM, MOOR LANE, FLOOKBURGH, LA11 7LF
Received 23 Jan 2006RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITE THE OAKS,, LAND OFF OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL
Received 22 Apr 2002Laneside Farm, Skelsmergh, Kendal, LA9 6NX
Received 8 Oct 2014FORMER GARDEN & ORCHARD, WHITEHALL CLOSE, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 17 Dec 2003RAME FARM, ULVERSTON
Received 24 Aug 199937-39 Finkle Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AL
Received 25 Oct 2022BANK HOUSE FARM, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 26 Sept 2000Land at Hardcragg Hall Cottage, Hardcragg Way, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BH
Received 21 Jun 2022YEW BANK, CARR BANK, NR. MILNTHORPE
Received 6 Aug 1999Unit 1A Queen Katherines Avenue KENDAL LA9 6DU
Received 17 Apr 2024Cartmel Methodist Church, Ford Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 18 Jul 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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