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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,465 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 1999 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
51 Captain French Lane KENDAL LA9 4HP
Received 9 Feb 2026Barns 1 & 2 Sillfield Farm, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 21 Dec 2020LAND TO THE REAR OF THE SALUTATION INN, SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH
Received 8 Jan 2013Nutwood Manor, Windermere Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6EY
Received 23 Sept 2015FORMER BURTON GARAGE, CHURCH BANK, BURTON-IN-KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA6 1NT
Received 27 Jul 2005CHURCH HOUSE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TE
Received 20 Nov 2019Skewbarrow Top High Tenterfell KENDAL LA9 4PQ
Received 21 May 2024Unit 20 Castle Mills Business Park Aynam Road KENDAL LA9 7DE
Received 15 Dec 2014Omega Proteins Penrith Ltd Processing Plant PENRITH CA11 0BX
Received 13 Aug 2025OPP 88 MARKET STREET, JUNCTION A590, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7HR
Received 5 Jul 2013Thatchmoor Head, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DQ
Received 14 Dec 2016STRICKLAND ARMS, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 10 Jul 2012Dowker's Lane, Kent Place, Bishop Court, KENDAL, LA9 4EY
Received 7 Nov 2016Yew Tree Cottage, Barn Garth, Cartmel, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 6PP
Received 17 Oct 2014Ford House, Ford Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JP
Received 1 Mar 2017Kendal College, Milnthorpe Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AY
Received 16 Jun 20147 Finkle Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AB
Received 27 May 2022Barns adjacent Cautley Farm, Whassett, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DN
Received 1 Aug 2018THRESHING BARN, LOW STENNERSKEUGH, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LL
Received 11 Feb 2014Low Levens Farm, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EH
Received 30 Mar 2021CROSSFIELD FARM, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9NQ
Received 27 May 2014GODS PROMISE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NJ
Received 3 Aug 20182 Forest House Wordsworth Street PENRITH CA11 7QX
Received 29 May 20256 PENNINE VIEW, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PN
Received 18 Nov 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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