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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,773 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Scafell Drive, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7PE
Received 12 Aug 2013Maughanby Old School Little Salkeld Penrith CA10 1NP
Received 4 Jun 20252 HIGH WIEND, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RD
Received 7 Sept 2015Tithe Barn, Barn Garth, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PP
Received 27 Jun 2018HOLME COMMUNITY SCHOOL, NATLAND ROAD, HOLME
Received 8 Feb 2005BLUEBELL INN, TOWNFOOT, ALSTON, CA9 3RN
Received 7 Sept 2020ABBOTS BROW, SWINE MARKET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2FT
Received 2 Nov 2012BIGGINS WOOD, HIGH BIGGINS, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2NP
Received 5 Oct 2012LOWFIELD FARM, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LH
Received 27 Aug 2014Miller Field - Land to west of Aynam Road KENDAL LA9 7SZ
Received 17 Nov 2025IVY COTTAGE, CASTERTON, CARNFORTH, LANCASHIRE, LA6 2RX
Received 17 Feb 2004Stonycroft, Rockland Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7HR
Received 17 Jun 2016Southridge, Green Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QP
Received 23 Jun 2020OS FIELD NO. 9284, FERN BANK, LUPTON ROW, CROOKLANDS, LA7 7PB
Received 25 Nov 2005134 Stainbank Road KENDAL LA9 5BE
Received 17 May 202418 SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6AD
Received 18 Apr 201316 Sedgwick House KENDAL LA8 0JX
Received 4 Nov 2024LAND BETWEEN EAST LARCHES AND LYNWOOD, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 23 Dec 2022LAY-BY ON SLIP ROAD TO A590 AT LEVENS, BRIDGE
Received 15 Oct 1997Orchard Cottage, 40 Leighton Beck Road, Milnthorpe, LA7 7AX
Received 23 Feb 2016LAND AT LILY MERE LODGE, KILLINGTON, SEDBERGH, LA10 5EJ
Received 25 May 2004Igtenhill Boarbank Lane Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QR
Received 11 Mar 2025Long Orchard Beetham MILNTHORPE LA7 7AL
Received 31 Mar 20263 East The Square, The Square, BURTON IN KENDAL, LA6 1LX
Received 27 Mar 2017Records 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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