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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,490 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Roma House Fell Lane Penrith CA11 8AQ
Received 25 Aug 20264 CHURCH ROAD, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HD
Received 23 Nov 2011Land at Winter Lane, Plantation Bridge, Kendal, LA8 9JA
Received 10 Nov 2015HIGH FIELD, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2LG
Received 3 Aug 2022MANSGROVE FARM, BOLTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6AY
Received 10 Jun 201317 Wordsworth Drive, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7JW
Received 14 May 2014Land south of Underbarrow Road, KENDAL, LA9 5RS
Received 23 May 2022LITTLE UNION STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 22 May 2002Land at Booths, Oubas Hill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LY
Received 6 May 2021LAND AT BURTON GARAGE, CHURCH BANK,, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 5 Oct 2001ANVIL HOUSE, MILTON STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9HZ
Received 15 Dec 2004Sellet Estate Stable and Stud, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 9 Mar 201817 Hayfell Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7JP
Received 21 Feb 20192 PARKLANDS CRESCENT, PENRITH, CA11 8SL
Received 12 Aug 2004THE BARN, MILL BROW, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AT
Received 3 Jan 2013PENNINGTON C OF E SCHOOL, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RR
Received 21 May 2012NO 10 HILL CLOSE, KIRKBARROW, KENDAL
Received 13 May 200259 CAPTAIN FRENCH LANE, KENDAL, LA9 4HP
Received 10 Jun 20132 Ivy Garth, Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AR
Received 29 Aug 2023Land to the west of Burton Road Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1GY
Received 20 Nov 2024CALTHWAITE HALL LODGE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QU
Received 19 Nov 2015LAZONBY CO-OPERATIVE HENDERSON BUILDINGS, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 9 Dec 2002The Great Barn, Weint End, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SP
Received 28 Mar 2017ADJ. TO AND NORTH OF A685, NORTH OF RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 14 May 2015Records 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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