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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,664 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND OFF ANN STREET, KENDAL, LA9 6AA
Received 27 Sept 2005VIRGINIA HOUSE, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH
Received 8 May 200023, PENNYHILL PARK, PENRITH
Received 8 Apr 1999Adjacent to garage at Mill Stream, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PH
Received 31 Jul 2020LOWFIELD, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EW
Received 6 May 202215 STATION ROAD, PENRUDDOCK, PENRITH, CA11 0RR
Received 30 Apr 2004WRIGHT BROS (COACHES) LTD, CENTRAL GARAGE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3NP
Received 6 Mar 2017CROFT HOUSE, SOWERBY ROW, CARLISLE, CA4 0QH
Received 10 Nov 2011157 STAINBANK ROAD, KENDAL
Received 28 Apr 20004 ALDERCROFT, KENDAL
Received 5 Nov 200227 MOREWOOD DRIVE, BURTON, LA6 1NE
Received 15 May 2006NORTH WEST DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, PENRITH 40 BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH
Received 19 Jul 2001LAND OFF GREENBANK ROAD, EDEN BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 18 Jun 2021ABBOTS HALL, 10 MILL BROW, KIRKBY, LONSDALE
Received 25 Sept 2002THE MACHELLS, MAIN STREET, GREENODD, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QZ
Received 28 Aug 2003GOWAN BRAE, FERNLEIGH ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 29 Dec 19971 Hartside Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HS
Received 29 Jan 2020Land adjacent to Lunesdale, Natland Road, Sedgwick, Kendal, LA8 0JN
Received 21 Jul 20144 MARKET ARCADE, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6YA
Received 4 Jul 2022CASTLE MILLS, AYNAM ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7DE
Received 20 May 2004LAND AT MEADOWSIDE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LU
Received 13 May 2014124 Stainbank Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5BE
Received 17 Mar 2022ALHAMBRA, MIDDLEGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7PT
Received 13 Apr 2006Beckside Grange Beckside KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7TG
Received 3 Jan 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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