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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,775 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Ann Street, Kendal, LA9 6AA
Received 13 Mar 2014Castle Dairy, 26 Wildman Street, KENDAL, LA9 6EN
Received 2 May 2017LAND CLOSE TO COAT FLATT HALL, TEBAY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 3SZ
Received 19 Dec 2011GREEN LANE COTTAGE, GREENGILL LANE, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RY
Received 12 Nov 201210 Rose Hill Grove, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HR
Received 31 Mar 2023Kendal Rugby Union Football Club, Mint Bridge, Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6NY
Received 3 Feb 2021BARN FLATS, HEVERSHAM
Received 8 Aug 2000IVY COTTAGE, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3EB
Received 20 Jan 2004Moorland Stores And Post Office School Road KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7TF
Received 24 Jan 2024GEORGE HOTEL, FRONT STREET, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RJ
Received 11 Aug 20054 HESKET PLACE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0JU
Received 1 Oct 2021Maudes Meadow Retirement Home, Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QJ
Received 15 May 2020LAND ADJACENT TO SOUTH VIEW, SCALES, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 0PE
Received 18 Mar 2004LOW HOUSE FARM, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH
Received 15 Jan 2000Beach Arbour, Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AX
Received 6 Jan 2022PLOTS 1 & 2 OFF MARDALE ROAD, PENRITH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH
Received 6 Feb 200177 Burneside Road KENDAL LA9 4RZ
Received 20 Jun 2024BIGGINS LODGE FARM, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 20 Jul 1999Lane House, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9HR
Received 17 Mar 2016SCALABER LANE, BARBON, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LANCASHIRE, LA6 2LJ
Received 15 Mar 2012Moss House Farm, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UY
Received 24 May 2019BANTY BECK HOUSE, SOUTH DYKE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LL
Received 28 Nov 201617 Lumley Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HT
Received 25 Apr 201728 TRINKELD AVENUE, SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON, LA12 0XB
Received 16 Jul 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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