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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,703 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 CASTLE OVAL, KENDAL, LA9 7BD
Received 1 Feb 200613 Morewood Drive, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NE
Received 6 Apr 20204 KELD CLOSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EJ
Received 13 Mar 20069 QUEEN STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7XF
Received 6 Jun 2019FIELDGATE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EQ
Received 19 Mar 2013Langdale, 18 Fell Drive, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 7JF
Received 19 Sept 2014EDENDALE, GARTH HEADS ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TW
Received 26 Oct 20184a Merced Building, Parkside Business Park, KENDAL, LA9 7EN
Received 13 Sept 2021CARK MANOR, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PG
Received 1 Jun 2006Moss House Farm, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UY
Received 24 May 2019Oakwell, Broughton Beck, Ulverston, LA12 7PR
Received 16 Feb 201524 Warwick Drive, Summerlands, KENDAL, LA8 0EE
Received 22 Jun 2016LAND TO THE EAST OF THE COTTAGE AT PIGEON LANE, ALSTON
Received 18 Feb 2004SHAPFELL LIMESTONE QUARRY, HARDENDALE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LH
Received 3 Dec 2018Brocco Bank, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 8 Oct 20191 Bankfield Garden KENDAL LA9 5DX
Received 11 Oct 2024THE MACHELL ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, MAIN ST,, GREENODD
Received 10 Nov 2000VILLAGE PLAY AREA ACROSS THE ROAD FROM ORTON MARKET HALL FRONT STREET, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RQ
Received 12 Aug 2014Lunesdale House, Hale, Milnthorpe, LA7 7BN
Received 23 Aug 201219 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AJ
Received 23 Jan 2020FLASS, MAULDS MEABURN
Received 12 Jul 2000CEMETERY LODGE, 8 PARKSIDE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 17 May 19995 Beck Head, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AY
Received 20 Oct 2020UNITS 5A & 6 WESTMORLAND SHOPPING, CENTRE, KENDAL
Received 14 Dec 2000Records 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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