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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,775 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Queens Place, KENDAL, LA9 4PJ
Received 8 Aug 2022PENRITH RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB, WINTERS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 8RG
Received 18 Jul 20173 Bolefoot, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7EX
Received 22 Oct 2019THRESHER WINE SHOP 22, DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH
Received 19 Jun 2003BIGGINS LODGE FARM, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 4 Oct 1999LAND OPPOSITE OAK LODGE, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UT
Received 24 Aug 201521 Queen Katherine Street, KENDAL, LA9 7DG
Received 25 Oct 2016IVY HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 1 Jun 2022SAFEWAYS STORE NO 7160, BRUNSWICK ROAD, PENRITH
Received 9 Jun 2000PENRITH PARISH CENTRE, ST ANDREWS PLACE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7XX
Received 10 Aug 2011Land off the U3182 Brougham Penrith CA10 2DE
Received 27 Jun 2024LOWTHIAN COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 25 Jun 2018LLOYDS TSB BANK, 11 FINKLE STREET, KENDAL
Received 14 Sept 1998H S B C BANK, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QN
Received 9 Jan 2018FORMER CRUCK FARM, KIRKBY HALL,, KIRKBY IN FURNESS
Received 19 Apr 1999Off Licence Front Street Alston CA9 3SE
Received 24 Apr 202556 Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DP
Received 9 May 2018Middle Birkby Farm Cark-In-Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7NP
Received 13 Mar 2026FORMER PUMP HOUSE AT HIGH ROW FARM, LUPTON
Received 17 Dec 2004Pets at Home, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 11 Apr 2016THORN TREE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BL
Received 19 Apr 2017HILL CREST, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 25 Sept 2020MORRISONS PETROL FILLING STATION AND CARWASH, BRUNSWICK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JN
Received 22 Mar 2005Land Between East Larches and Lynwood Beacon Edge PENRITH CA11 8BN
Received 14 Jun 2024Records 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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