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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,496 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Crossfield House, 4 Redhills Road, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0AT
Received 21 Mar 2016Fountain Street Dental Surgery, 7 Fountain Street, Ulverston, LA12 7EQ
Received 28 Nov 2016Kirkland View, Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5EW
Received 6 Jan 20202 Junction Cottages, Main Road, BURNESIDE, LA9 6PU
Received 17 May 2016Kikby Thore Memorial Hall Main Street Kirkby Thore CA10 1UE
Received 11 Mar 20242 Castle Bailey, Beast Banks, KENDAL, LA9 4JJ
Received 23 Aug 202265 Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PT
Received 26 Jul 2018SPRINGFIELD, ACKENTHWAITE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DQ
Received 2 Aug 2012PLOT 15 STONEWORKS GARTH, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JE
Received 6 Jul 2012Edale, Hollins Lane, Arnside, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA5 0EQ
Received 28 Jan 2016LAND OFF BACK LANE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 22 Dec 19992 BURTON OLD HALL, TANPITS LANE, BURTON, LA6 1HZ
Received 15 May 200621 Boroughgate Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6XF
Received 15 Sept 2025PART OS FIELD NO 8149, FIELD MAPLE,, OFF BURTON ROAD, HOLME
Received 1 Nov 2001The Two Lions Great Dockray Penrith CA11 7FX
Received 22 Dec 2023METHODIST CHURCH, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PF
Received 9 Aug 2017MOUNTAIN VIEW, GATEBECK, KENDAL, LA8 0HS
Received 19 Aug 2003Mill Cottage Broughton Beck ULVERSTON LA12 7PH
Received 7 Mar 2025WOOD CLOSE FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9UA
Received 8 Jun 2017HOW HILL, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 15 Mar 201822 ROMAN ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8DZ
Received 8 Dec 2017SALTERWATH FARM, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3QY
Received 23 Nov 2011The Pheasant Inn, Casterton, Carnforth, Cumbria, LA6 2RX
Received 10 Mar 2015Helme Chase Surgery, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7HR
Received 2 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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