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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,682 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Horncop Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4SR
Received 22 Apr 2021NEW HOUSE, NATLAND, KENDAL, LA9 7QQ
Received 4 Jun 2013Swingletrees, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BW
Received 2 Nov 2022Land to the South East of Sunnydale Tram Lane Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2BQ
Received 3 Jun 2025LAND NORTH OF PLAYAREA, OVERWATER, NENTHEAD, ALSTON
Received 19 May 20033 Bective Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2BG
Received 8 Apr 20141 YEW TREE COURT, CART LANE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 24 May 2000Retail Units at the junction of Windermere Road & Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EX
Received 9 Nov 2018GREENLANDS FARM, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH
Received 14 Apr 1999LAND AT EDEN BUSINESS PARK, COWPER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9FD
Received 15 Apr 2020MORTON SCEUGH FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LS
Received 8 Feb 2019HARBARROW FARM, STAINTON, NR BARROW-, IN-FURNESS
Received 2 Jun 1998HAYFELLSIDE FARM HOUSE, HAYCLOSE LANE, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0AG
Received 13 Sept 2013UNDERLEY HOME FARM, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 25 Feb 19993 & 4 LAMBRIGG TERRACE, KENDAL, LA9 4BB
Received 3 Feb 200414 STONEWORKS GARTH, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JE
Received 10 Sept 2014NENTSIDE BARN, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3NA
Received 23 Aug 2012LAND ADJACENT TO BARN LODGE, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 22 May 199731 WELL LANE, ULVERSTON
Received 4 Oct 2000NEW YEAT, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8HS
Received 2 Mar 2012Land adjacent to the White House, Garth Row, KENDAL, LA8 9AT
Received 9 Jun 2017HEATHFIELD, CROFT TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 7RS
Received 24 Oct 2023FORMER CARE HOME, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8BN
Received 10 May 2021SUNNYSIDE BUNGALOW, ROUNDTHORN, PENRITH, CA11 8SJ
Received 17 Oct 2005Records 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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