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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,675 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
KENDAL LADS & GIRLS CLUB, BEEZON, FIELD, SANDES AVENUE, KENDAL
Received 31 Mar 2000LATHAM GARDENS, FOXFIELD ROAD, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA206EZ
Received 12 Mar 200410 Inglemere Gardens, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BX
Received 27 Aug 20195 BRIDGE STREET, KENDAL
Received 18 Aug 1999Land east of A65 and north of Sepulchre Lane, Summerlands, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0FB
Received 23 May 2019LAND ADJACENT CROSS BAR FARM, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 21 Oct 1999Chestnut Cottage, Cavendish Street, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QA
Received 14 May 202117 THE CRESCENT, HOLME, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PU
Received 4 May 2004TO THE REAR OF, 50 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY
Received 26 Mar 2003SYKESIDE, KNOCK, APPLEBY
Received 11 May 2000Rose Cottage, Station Square, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6EF
Received 5 Aug 2016BEACON HILL, PENRITH
Received 29 Oct 1996FIELD ADJACENT TO ROSE COTTAGE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 4 Aug 2022North and south of Toad Cottage Beckside Pennington ULVERSTON LA12 7NX
Received 15 Oct 2024LAND AT CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8TP
Received 17 Oct 2023FAR BROOM, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 6 Feb 1997HSBC, , 16 MARKET SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7SN
Received 18 Jan 2023CASTLE STORES, CASTLE DRIVE, KENDAL
Received 19 Jul 1999In A Tween Ormside APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6EJ
Received 22 Apr 2024CHAPEL COTTAGE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TE
Received 18 Apr 2017Kent House 18 Redhills Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AU
Received 24 Oct 202447 CASTLE TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 7EA
Received 23 Aug 2017BLOSSOM HILL, STORTH ROAD, STORTH
Received 16 Apr 19991 THE PARK, OLD HUTTON
Received 28 Oct 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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