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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,460 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 1999 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bowthwaite Bridge Farm, Selside, Kendal, LA8 9EE
Received 30 Jul 2013New Pole adjacent 2 Dalton Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6AQ
Received 24 Nov 2022LOW STENNERSKEUGH, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LL
Received 22 Dec 200555 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 25 Apr 201617 EAST DRIVE, BIRKRIGG PARK, ULVERSTON, LA120UB
Received 5 Jun 2003ROBIN HILL, SANDFORD, APPLEBY, CA16 6NR
Received 17 Jul 2006PENRITH SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT SANDALE, COUPLAND BECK, APPLEBY
Received 28 May 2002The Mews Farmhouse Templand Lane, Allithwaite, Cumbria, LA11 7QU
Received 20 Nov 2017North and East Barns, Blawith Farm, Netherwood Hotel, Lindale Road, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 6ET
Received 21 Dec 201813 Castle Riggs, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7BA
Received 19 Jun 2015MONKCASTLE FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PZ
Received 18 Sept 2014Hillside A65 Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0ET
Received 22 Mar 2024OMEGA PROTEINS, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 24 Sept 202170 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UF
Received 5 Apr 20052 Kentsford Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7AP
Received 9 Apr 20182 and 3 Park View, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6QF
Received 5 Feb 201925 Marne Avenue, RAVENSTOWN, LA11 7LH
Received 19 Sept 2017ABBOTS BROW, MILL BROW, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AT
Received 9 Feb 2006LAND ADJACENT TO 1 OAKBANK COTTAGES, SKELSMERGH, KENDAL, LA8 9AQ
Received 5 Dec 20115 HYNING COURT, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8NS
Received 23 Dec 2003Jerden Croft Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9GW
Received 23 Jun 202622 BIRCHWOOD DRIVE, ULVERSTON
Received 27 Aug 2002Wainwright's Yard, KENDAL, LA9 4DP
Received 4 Aug 2023Eden Barn, Eden Mount, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BZ
Received 31 Aug 2017Records 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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