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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,661 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SITE TO NORTH OF THE FORMER BEACON INN (ORIGINAL CAR PARK), FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BJ
Received 30 May 2006QUARRY GARAGE, REDHILLS, PENRITH, CA11 0EB
Received 7 Jul 2022LAND OFF POPLAR GROVE, ULVERSTON
Received 12 May 2003THE OLD MILL, BECKSIDE, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TH
Received 18 Feb 2004MERYN GREEN, PRESTON PATRICK, LA7 7NZ
Received 7 Nov 2005BIRDS PARK FARM SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6PB
Received 6 Dec 2005Cark Manor, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PG
Received 3 Jan 2023AYNAM LODGE, BRIDGE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 7DD
Received 23 May 2003ALSTON RECREATION GROUND, FAIRHILL, ALSTON, CUMBRIA, CA9 3UB
Received 31 Jan 2023Abbey Horn of Kendal Ltd, Kent Works, Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 4RL
Received 14 Apr 201613 BLUEBELL CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 14 Jan 2002LADYFORD FARM, GILTHWAITERIGG LANE, KENDAL
Received 23 Jul 2001Tall Chimneys Biggins Old Hall, High Biggins, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 11 Dec 2019KINGFISHER CHEMICALS LTD, COOPER LANE, BARDSEA, LA12 9RA
Received 6 Aug 2004WATERS EDGE CARAVAN PARK, CROOKLANDS
Received 22 Nov 2001BREEZE HILL, CARR BANK ROAD, STORTH.
Received 11 Jun 1998ENTWISLES HAULAGE LTD, NEWTONGATE DEPOT, PENRITH
Received 10 Jun 20022 TARNSIDE, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QH
Received 10 Mar 2021NAWORTH, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JQ
Received 4 Apr 2013FIELD ACCESS, NEAR HOLLOWGATE FARM, A6, SELSIDE
Received 18 Jul 2012STONEBARN COTTAGE, LOW GALLIGILL, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LW
Received 8 Jul 2016HOLKER SCHOOL, HOLKER
Received 23 Sept 1999Marl Business Park Morecambe Road ULVERSTON LA12 9BN
Received 5 Feb 2024Linksfield, Cartmel Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7QA
Received 15 Nov 2019Records 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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