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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,748 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AY
Received 9 May 2018Skipton Building Society, 15 Market Place, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4TP
Received 22 Aug 2013CHRIST CROFT, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DB
Received 26 Nov 201817 Fountain Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EQ
Received 4 Sept 2018BURTON MOREWOOD C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, MAIN STREET, BURTON, LA6 1ND
Received 11 Apr 2012Former Safehands Nursery, Captain French Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HX
Received 10 Sept 2020NO 2, YARD 77, HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 3 Dec 1991INTAKE, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 14 May 2002CAR PARK AT LOWTHER CASTLE INN, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HX
Received 21 Aug 2020LAND AT CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BD
Received 22 Dec 2014Land adjacent to The Hunger House Brewery Mount Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7RH
Received 25 Mar 2024Preston Patrick Hall, Preston Patrick, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NY
Received 4 Sept 202026 Collinfield KENDAL LA9 5JD
Received 18 Jul 20251 HILL CLOSE, SEDGWICK, KENDAL, LA8 0JR
Received 12 Oct 20069 NUNS AVENUE, CARR BANK, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JX
Received 22 Sept 2003CLIFTON HALL FARM, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EA
Received 11 May 2015Burlish Beacon Edge PENRITH CA11 7PE
Received 11 Apr 2024BROWNGILL, NENTHEAD ROAD, ALSTON, CUMBRIA, CA9 3LF
Received 3 Jul 2012Oakfield, Boarbank Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7QR
Received 4 May 201778 Shap Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6DP
Received 22 Mar 2023LAND OFF JENKIN RISE, KENDAL
Received 8 Apr 1997Church Farm Gamblesby Penrith CA10 1HR
Received 5 Oct 2026LOCKTHWAITE, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JR
Received 8 Jun 2015Turret House, 6 Hale Green, Hale, Milnthorpe, LA7 7BJ
Received 24 Apr 2014Records 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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