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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,490 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 COLLIN CROFT, KENDAL, LA9 4TH
Received 9 Oct 20122 EDEN GATE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PL
Received 22 Jan 2020EMPLANDS, FLOOKBURGH ROAD, ALLITHWAITE
Received 30 Mar 2000LYNN GARTH, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL
Received 9 Oct 2001FROSTHWAITE FARM, SIZERGH, KENDAL, LA8 8DY
Received 26 Jul 2013ROSE COTTAGE, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DN
Received 2 Mar 20041, LINDEN PARK, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 28 Nov 2000LOWTHER CASTLE INN, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 26 Nov 2002Hawkswell Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PP
Received 5 Jul 2021Beetham Caravan Park, Slackhead Road, Beetham, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7BS
Received 19 May 2014Biggins Court High Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2NP
Received 4 Feb 2026Unnamed Road at Scout Green Shap Penrith CA10 3QZ
Received 5 Dec 2025WILLIAM BINDLOSS COTTAGE HOMES, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QD
Received 11 Jun 2004BARN 1 THE HOLLIES, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH
Received 29 Oct 2001MILL BARN, BROUGHTON BECK, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PH
Received 18 Jun 201210 Queen Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4LF
Received 11 Mar 2013GARTHSIDE, SCARROWS LANE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AT
Received 9 Jan 2017SMITHY HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 29 Apr 200312 BRACKEN GROVE, SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON
Received 9 Feb 2001MILL HOUSE FARM, MIDDLETON
Received 26 May 2000ULLSWATER ROAD GARAGE, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7EH
Received 2 Aug 2006KELD FARM, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BS
Received 8 Apr 2020LAND OFF QUARRY LANE, SANDSIDE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HN
Received 7 Feb 2006SHEPHERDS CROFT, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 28 May 2019Records 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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