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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,778 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Ghyll, Brigsteer Road, Kendal, LA9 5DY
Received 7 May 20152 Blackthorn Gardens, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DA
Received 29 Jun 2022Royal Hotel, Main Street, Burton In Kendal, Carnforth, LA6 1LY
Received 11 Sept 20151 Romney Court, KENDAL, LA9 5QB
Received 28 Oct 20141 Drovers Lane Penrith CA11 9EP
Received 18 Sept 202498 Lowther Street Penrith Cumbria CA11 7UW
Received 2 Jul 2026GREEN VIEW, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 14 Dec 2016WETHERIGGS FARM, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DH
Received 17 Dec 2012Old Pumphouse, Farleton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PB
Received 26 May 2022SITE ADJACENT TO CASTLE PARK, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4BZ
Received 22 Jul 2011Parklands Parkside Road Kendal LA9 7LG
Received 4 Dec 2025LAND TO REAR OF WILSON TERRACE,, SEDGWICK
Received 1 Dec 1997The Grange, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TS
Received 27 Jul 2022BIRCHFIELD GREEN LANE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 20 Jun 2012Bramble Cottage, Hutton Roof, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2PG
Received 16 Dec 2022GRANGE-OVER-SANDS GOLF CLUB, MEATHOP ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 9 Oct 2000PART OS FIELD NO.6996, COLLEGE GREEN, HEVERSHAM
Received 26 Oct 2000THE KINGS ARMS, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 24 Nov 2005CASTLE HILL ROAD CAR PARK, PENRITH NEW SQUARES, CASTLE HILL ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7HA
Received 6 Oct 2017LOW FELLSIDE, MIDDLETON, LA6 2LY
Received 8 Feb 2013ARCHWAY VETERINARY PRACTICE, OFF STATION SQUARE,, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 10 May 199619 Dallam Drive, Sandside, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LL
Received 13 Mar 2018THE GRANGE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE
Received 22 Oct 200178 JUTLAND AVENUE, RAVENSTOWN
Received 10 Jun 1997Records 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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