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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,658 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE ASHES, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA8 0AS
Received 6 Sept 2005Beetham Caravan Park, Hale, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7BS
Received 7 Mar 2022BARNS AT HUNTER HALL FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 28 Nov 2016The Flat 29 Kirkland Kendal LA9 5AF
Received 22 Oct 20255 MACHELL CLOSE, ULVERSTON
Received 16 Jul 2001LAND ADJACENT TO INGLENOOK, SNUFF MILL LANE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 24 Apr 201727 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AH
Received 30 Oct 2018ORCHARD HOUSE, BRIGSTEER
Received 28 Nov 2002Scout Headquarters, Fairbank, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BD
Received 23 Dec 2020WESTMORLAND SERVICES, JUNCTION 38 MOTORWAY SERVICES, OLD TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3SS
Received 7 Dec 2022Holme Park Farm, North Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PA
Received 8 Mar 2023MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT, PENRITH RAILWAY STATION, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 27 Nov 2015WHITRIGG HOUSE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EE
Received 14 Nov 201131, RAISELANDS CROFT, PENRITH
Received 2 May 20032 TEMPLARS COURT, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SR
Received 9 Feb 2018BARNCROFT, GRIZEBECK
Received 2 May 2000LITTLE SCALEHILL, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 10 Mar 2000Land at Newlands Farm, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QT
Received 8 Feb 2019Land to the East of Coast Road Aldingham ULVERSTON LA12 9RT
Received 30 Jul 20265 ELLERBANK, COWAN HEAD, BURNESIDE, KENDAL, LA8 9HX
Received 28 Jun 2004LAND REAR OF 10 SANDHALL COTTAGES,, ULVERSTON
Received 12 Oct 2001BURNSMEAD FARM, LITTLE URSWICK, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 0PN
Received 19 Mar 2004CLOVER COTTAGE, OUTHGILL, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JU
Received 14 Mar 2016The Burrells Burrells Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6EG
Received 10 Jul 2025Records 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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