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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,689 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
RIVERSIDE GARDENS, FORMER WEBBS GARDEN CENTRE BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4RT
Received 8 Dec 2005GREENA, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 19 Nov 200210 Collin Hill, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5TA
Received 26 Feb 2016Prizet Farm Cottage, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AB
Received 14 Jun 2021NENTFORCE CARAVAN PARK, STATION ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3JX
Received 16 Jul 201972 LIGHTBURN AVENUE, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DL
Received 30 Sept 2005LAMBRIGG FOOT, GRAYRIGG, KENDAL, LA8 9BL
Received 21 Oct 2005DENTAL SURGERY, STRICKLANDGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7NH
Received 1 Oct 20212 WEST LANE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LT
Received 30 Jun 200412 HALIBURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HJ
Received 20 Apr 201210 MAYCHELLS ORCHARD, CHURCH ROAD, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PY
Received 29 Apr 2005PART OS FIELD NO.6337, ADJACENT, ROSEBANK, NEWBIGGIN
Received 6 May 1999EELANDS, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NL
Received 17 Mar 2006THE GRANARY, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RH
Received 3 Aug 20215 STAGSTONES FARM, ROUNDTHORN, PENRITH, CA11 8SJ
Received 13 Nov 2003NATLAND PARK FARM, NATLAND, KENDAL, LA9 7QD
Received 30 Nov 2005FIELD END, BRIGSTEER, NEAR KENDAL
Received 24 Mar 199912 ESTHWAITE GREEN, KENDAL, LA9 7RZ
Received 6 Jan 20062 Garnett Folds, Skelsmergh, Kendal, LA8 9AS
Received 8 Oct 2015Side of access lane (North Side) to Helsington Laithes Helsington KENDAL LA9 5RN
Received 18 Jul 2025CROFT VIEW, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH
Received 27 Oct 199714 Kent Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AT
Received 22 Jun 2020THE OLD RECTORY, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 24 Jan 2005Parkside, Back Lane, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BL
Received 7 Mar 2018Records 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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