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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,685 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Braddyll Terrace, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DH
Received 13 Oct 2020THE KINGS ARMS HOTEL, MAIN STREET, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 26 Apr 1999GROOMING PARLOUR, ROAD TO SANDWATH FARM, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HE
Received 31 May 2016TARNSIDE FARM, LUPTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PP
Received 14 May 2003STRATHEDEN, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 16 Jul 2013ST ANNES HOSPITAL, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY, CA16 6XQ
Received 28 Sept 202316A MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE,, CARNFORTH
Received 29 Jul 2002Summer Field, Flookburgh Road, ALLITHWAITE, LA11 7RJ
Received 3 Nov 2017CHAPEL HOUSE FARM, HIGH CASTERTON
Received 13 Oct 2006PEMBROKE FARM, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE
Received 19 Jul 2019Land between Inglewood Road and Centurion Rise Penrith CA11 8QW
Received 29 Jan 2026CONYNGER COTTAGE, PENNINGTON
Received 11 Feb 2003LAND OFF KENT LEA, KENTRIGG, KENDAL
Received 2 Apr 2002FAIR BANK, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BJ
Received 20 Dec 2004LOWTHIAN COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 21 Jan 19977 HELME CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 7HY
Received 15 Jun 2004OS FIELD NO 7464, HEVERSHAM
Received 7 Jun 2001MELLGATES COTTAGE, MELLBECKS, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 8 Jan 2003LAND TO THE WEST OF SNUFF MILL LANE, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 12 Aug 2022MEALY SYKE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3ED
Received 21 Feb 2012Former Burneside Paper Mills Landfill Site C5056 Burneside Kendal LA9 6PZ Ordnance Survey Grid Reference: SD 50756 96301
Received 8 Jun 2026Land opposite Low Farm, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8EH
Received 14 May 2014c, Back lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AH
Received 12 Feb 2020GREEN TREE YARD, FARADAY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 15 Mar 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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