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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,653 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Market Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, LA6 2AU
Received 19 Jan 2016Field Edge, Casterton, Carnforth, Cumbria, LA6 2SF
Received 18 Nov 2015LAND AT YORK STREET, PENRITH
Received 16 Dec 2005101 Fairgarth Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FB
Received 26 Jul 2016J36 Rural Auction Centre, Kendal Auction Mart, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FP
Received 29 Oct 202048 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AY
Received 14 Jun 2004LAND ADJACENT TO BANK HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 28 Jul 2020J F HORNBY & SON, UNIT 7, DALTONGATE BUSINESS CENTRE, DALTONGATE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AJ
Received 11 Jul 2005HACKTHORPE HOUSE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HX
Received 5 Oct 2017MEG BANK, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 6 Nov 19982 SUNNYSIDE, KENDAL, LA9 7DJ
Received 9 Jan 2004ICOLD ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UJ
Received 8 Jan 20161 KENTWOOD ROAD, KENDAL
Received 9 Mar 200143 Carter Road, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7AG
Received 12 Jun 2013Land to the rear of 93/95, 95 Off Yard 87, Windermere Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5EP
Received 6 Feb 2015WHITE STONE, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 6 Jul 20031 Whitton Terrace, Kendal, LA9 7DN
Received 3 Mar 2015Land near Beetham Hall, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BQ
Received 2 Oct 2017FIELD NO. 4400 - ADJACENT TO ELLONBY TO BLENCOW ROAD, SOUTHERN END OF ELLONBY, PENRITH
Received 14 Jul 2004Stone Cross Mansion, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RY
Received 25 Jan 20194 WORDSWORTH TERRACE, DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7QT
Received 17 Oct 201722 Wattsfield Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JH
Received 12 May 2021KELD FARM, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BS
Received 24 Aug 2020BURRELLS HOUSE, BURRELLS, APPLEBY
Received 14 May 1999Records 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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