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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,478 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
8 Wood Close Gardens,, Silverdale Road, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0AF
Received 16 Feb 20169 PINE CLOSE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA117JJ
Received 13 Apr 2004PENRITH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD, 19 BURROWGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TD
Received 22 Nov 20056 GANDY STREET, KENDAL, LA9 7AE
Received 27 Feb 2013MORRISONS SUPERMARKET, BRUNSWICK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JN
Received 17 Oct 2006ANVIL GALLERY, CAVENDISH STREET, CARTMEL
Received 21 Dec 200021 CLIFFORD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8PP
Received 27 Aug 202213 ROBRAINE, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 14 May 200211 Allhallows Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4JH
Received 8 Jan 201810 SPITAL PARK, KENDAL, LA9 6HG
Received 4 Feb 20049 Jutland Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LF
Received 23 May 2022OAKLANDS, UNION LANE, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7BU
Received 9 Sept 2010TOMMYS BARN, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6JS
Received 21 Aug 2012Flat 2, Hurrock Wood, Kirkhead Road, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 7DB
Received 7 Oct 2014BARN ADJOINING DALEFOOT FARM HOUSE, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JT
Received 28 Mar 2006SEVENOAKS, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 1 Nov 200044 Lingmoor Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7NR
Received 8 Jul 2020ROUNDTHORN HOUSE, PENRITH, CA11 8SJ
Received 15 Nov 2021Lupton Villa Cow Brow Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 1PJ
Received 30 Jan 2026Raines Hall Sedgwick KENDAL LA8 0JH
Received 14 Dec 20233 PARK VIEW, CARTMEL
Received 28 Mar 2003Church Bank House, Main Street, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NT
Received 9 Mar 202332 Lowther Street, KENDAL, LA9 4DH
Received 17 Oct 201628 Church Street, Milnthorpe, LA7 7DX
Received 25 Oct 2016Records 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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