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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,743 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARN AT PARKHEAD, RENWICK, PENRITH
Received 3 Jul 1998LAND ADJACENT TO GREYHOUND INN CAR PARK, GRIZEBECK, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XJ
Received 4 Sept 200346 SANDYLANDS ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6EU
Received 6 Dec 2011FLAT 2, SHORTACRE, 42 THE PROMENADE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0AA
Received 8 Apr 200553 GRASMERE CRESCENT, KENDAL
Received 25 Apr 2002KIRKBIE KENDAL SCHOOL, LOUND ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7EQ
Received 13 Jul 2012West View Vicarage Lane Burton-in-kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1NW
Received 10 Apr 2024GREENFIELD HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 2 Jul 2020LAND ADJACENT TO ABBEY LODGE BARN, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RQ
Received 14 May 2013FIELD 8223, DOBY LANE, SANDFORD, APPLEBY
Received 14 May 2000NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH
Received 1 Jun 200061, SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH
Received 4 Feb 199213 THE CRESCENT, HOLME.
Received 16 Jul 1998Former Sawyers Arms, Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4RF
Received 8 Aug 2017Star Barn, Mansergh High Farm, Hophouse Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2ER
Received 15 Dec 20141A Candle Lane, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QS
Received 7 Mar 2018Junction of B6262 and Moor Lane Brougham PENRITH CA10 2AA
Received 31 May 2024181 KIRKLAND, KENDAL
Received 11 Jun 1999PRIMROSE COTTAGE, ORTON ROAD, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 15 Apr 1997HUTTON IN THE FOREST, HUTTON, PENRITH
Received 16 Nov 1999THE LAIRAGE BUILDING, ULVERSTON AUCTION, MART, NORTH LONSDALE TERRACE, ULVERSTON
Received 5 Mar 2003Barn Hey, Flookburgh Road, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7RJ
Received 4 Jan 2023CELL SITE 4624, CANAL BANK, CANAL SIDE, NORTH LONSDALE ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EW
Received 6 Jul 2012Hutton Grange Skelton PENRITH CA11 9TS
Received 10 Mar 2025Records 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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