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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,650 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
99 PEAT LANE, KENDAL, LA9 6LG
Received 12 Aug 2005THE COACH HOUSE, ASHTON HOUSE, BEETHAM, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 26 Jul 2004SKEWBARROW TOP, HIGH TENTERFELL, KENDAL.
Received 16 Apr 1998HOLGATES CARAVAN PARKS LTD, COVE ROAD,, SILVERDALE
Received 21 Feb 2001SOUTH BARN LOW GRAG YEAT, ACKENTHWAITE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DQ
Received 22 May 2003HILLCREST, WOODLANDS DRIVE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7PZ
Received 26 Mar 20136 BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UE
Received 6 May 2015PINLEY COTTAGE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DF
Received 15 Aug 2019FORMER KFC FIELDROSE HOUSE, BRIDGE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8JB
Received 29 Jun 2022Glen Vine, Fernleigh Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7HN
Received 26 Aug 201419 Dorchester Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LP
Received 20 Jan 20201 TOWN END FARM COTTAGES, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EP
Received 5 May 202333 ROWAN AVENUE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9JA
Received 23 Mar 2004BURTON M6 SERVICE AREA, HOLYHEAD ROAD,, CARNFORTH
Received 1 Oct 1999Land at Whitbarrow PENRITH
Received 16 Apr 2026HALL COTTAGE, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HB
Received 18 Jan 2012Birchwood, 6 Far Close Drive, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BG
Received 22 Feb 202213-14, MIDDLEGATE, PENRITH
Received 26 Jun 2003Land West of Sockbridge Thorpefield Sockbridge PENRITH
Received 22 Nov 20247 Fairgarth Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DT
Received 18 Nov 2021PARKVIEW, SPRINT HOLME, BURNESIDE, LA9 6PT
Received 18 Jan 2006Barclays Bank Plc, County Square, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7AL
Received 6 Aug 2013Tarn Close, 49A Kendal Green, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5PP
Received 24 Dec 2014Beckside Cottage, Beckside, Cartmel, GRANGE -OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SP
Received 21 Jun 2016Records 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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