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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,693 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heligan, Allithwaite Road, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7EN
Received 18 May 20154 MOORSIDE, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LA
Received 25 Apr 2017THE COACH HOUSE, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH
Received 8 Feb 2000FLATT FARM, WHINFELL, KENDAL
Received 11 Jan 1999PEASEY BECK BARN, MILLNESS, MILNTHORPE
Received 19 Feb 1997BLACKSYKES FARMHOUSE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9PP
Received 20 Apr 202213 Sandside Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9ED
Received 4 Jun 2021LAND WEST OF SOCKBRIDGE, THORPE FIELD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 12 Feb 20206 Cross Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7LF
Received 12 Oct 201555 Whinlatter Drive, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7HE
Received 23 Feb 2016FOXFIELD FARM, FOXFIELD, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BX
Received 24 Aug 2012Nursery, 54 Wattsfield Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JN
Received 21 Sept 201723 CHURCHILL COURT, BURNESIDE, KENDAL, LA9 6QW
Received 30 May 200314A, LITTLE DOCKRAY, PENRITH
Received 8 Jan 20019 MAIN STREET, MILNTHORPE
Received 7 Feb 2000GRANADA SERVICE AREA, M6 MOTORWAY, CARNFORTH
Received 3 Feb 1997RED ROCK CANYON QUARRY, BOWSCAR, PENRITH
Received 17 May 2017WILLOW HOUSE, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NN
Received 7 Oct 2021Day Nursery, Beezon Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EL
Received 2 Aug 2019Lawrence House Farm Levens KENDAL LA8 8EG
Received 24 Jul 2024163 HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 11 Jan 2002Kings Arms Kings Arms Hotel Market Street Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QN
Received 21 Jan 2026PLOT 1, SITE ADJACENT TO BIRCH TREE COTTAGE, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RF
Received 30 Apr 2012The Hawthorns, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QL
Received 17 Jul 2020Records 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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