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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,722 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Collin Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5HN
Received 5 Jan 2016PINFOLD HOUSE, APPLEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PG
Received 24 Jun 2020SITE ADJACENT TO FORGE COURT, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 27 Nov 2001HINCASTER HALL, HINCASTER, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ND
Received 25 Apr 2013STUDFOLD FARMHOUSE, FELL END, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 16 Mar 1999Kinmont Lazonby PENRITH CA10 1BL
Received 29 Oct 2025MEG BANK FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 18 Apr 2018ST CUTHBERTS NURSING HOME,, ALDINGHAM HALL, ALDINGHAM
Received 30 May 1996LAND NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT, HUNSONBY, PENRITH
Received 1 Sept 2016THE BARN, HEGGERSCALES, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 27 Jan 2003GREENBANK, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 22 May 2006Thorneyslack House, Garth Row, KENDAL, LA8 9AW
Received 11 Jan 20224, HOWGATE BONGATE, APPLEBY
Received 27 Jul 1999MEADLOWLANDS BUNGALOW, MEADOW LANE, COAST ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 13 May 1999British Gypsum Ltd Kirkby Thore Penrith CA10 1XU
Received 7 Feb 2025CUMBRIA STONE, MONTAL PLACE, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9FE
Received 10 May 2019Land adjacent to Coast Road, Newbiggin Road, ULVERSTON
Received 4 Aug 2014HOUTSAY PARK, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 29 Jun 2001VOREDA HOUSE, PORTLAND PLACE, PENRITH, CA11 7BF
Received 10 Oct 2012Former Duckys Park Farm caravan site, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LS
Received 24 Jun 20197 Beck Head, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2AY
Received 10 Aug 202263 SANDS ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PR
Received 1 Aug 2013PLOT 8 KITCHEN GARDENS, PENRITH, CA11 9GS
Received 23 Nov 2022MILLERS GARAGE, THE GILL, ULVERSTON
Received 15 Mar 2004Records 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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