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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,642 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 WINDERMERE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 18 Sept 19984 Strawberry Fields, KENDAL, LA9 7TA
Received 17 Dec 202043 PRIORY LANE, KENTS BANK, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BH
Received 16 Mar 2005Land at Carleton Road Penrith
Received 17 Apr 2025SALT PIE HALL, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JJ
Received 12 Jan 201844 CROFT AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 7RQ
Received 11 Aug 2004The Grange Kentwood Knott Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0BP
Received 1 May 2026STONEYBECK TO INGLEWOOD BANK, PENRITH
Received 9 Jun 1998LAND AT RED SYKE, NR SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JR
Received 30 Mar 2005Penn Close, Pennington Lane, Ulverston, LA12 7SE
Received 25 Jun 2014HIGH THORN FARM, WATCHGATE, KENDAL.
Received 20 Jan 1999TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QT
Received 21 Jan 2013LAND BEHIND CARTMEL GRANGE NURSING HOME,, ALLITHWAITE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 6 Apr 2000Birks, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EJ
Received 3 Apr 2019HOUGHTONS PARKHOUSE COACHWORK, GRISLEYMIRE LANE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RF
Received 19 Oct 201229-33 FINKLE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4AB
Received 20 Dec 2005OLD RIGGS PADDOCK, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH
Received 13 May 19994 OVERBURN, ALSTON, CA9 3SH
Received 21 May 2012CARK AIRFIELD, MOOR LANE, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LS
Received 2 Feb 2006EDENGARTH, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 17 Oct 1997CANTON HOUSE, DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH
Received 22 Apr 1998Penrith Rugby Union Football Club Winters Park Carleton Avenue Penrith CA11 8RQ
Received 22 Oct 2025WARCOP HOUSE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NX
Received 10 Jul 20206 NORTH QUADRANGLE, CONISHEAD PRIORY, ULVERSTON
Received 18 Feb 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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