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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,496 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Station Road Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6TX
Received 22 May 2026216 BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6EB
Received 18 Oct 2006Land to the west of B5281 Broughton Beck Ulverston LA12 7PS
Received 3 Mar 202693 KIRKHEAD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DD
Received 11 Jan 2006LORDS VIEW, LOWGATE, LEVENS
Received 12 Mar 2003PENRITH JOB CENTRE, FRIARGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7QH
Received 4 Sept 200314 ANGEL SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7BT
Received 28 Sept 2016Skirsgill Lodge Redhills Lane Redhills Penrith CA11 0DT
Received 22 Apr 2026Curraghgorm, High Cote Lane, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BD
Received 4 Jan 2023LAND AT ELM TREE FARM, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EF
Received 29 Jul 200551 BROAD ING CRESCENT, KENDAL, LA9 6HA
Received 9 Mar 2006Land adjoining 24 Hall Park, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6QF
Received 26 Jan 2017HALL CLOSE, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PJ
Received 1 Apr 2004Open Reach Exchange Main Street Shap Penrith CA10 3NU
Received 29 Jan 2024CHURCH FARM, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH
Received 2 May 2002Newbiggin Old Hall, Newbiggin, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PL
Received 21 May 2018114 Highgate KENDAL LA9 4HE
Received 11 Nov 2025HAZEL GARTH, THE CRESCENT, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6AW
Received 2 Apr 2004LAND WEST OF THE COBBLES, WATER STREET, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AY
Received 20 Sept 2018LAND ADJACENT TO TRAM LANE, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 25 Jan 2006Priory Close House, Priory Close, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QQ
Received 12 Oct 20215 WATERSIDE, KENDAL
Received 29 Nov 20006 Rydal Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BT
Received 7 Oct 2020Cressbrook, Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FR
Received 8 Jan 2021Records 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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