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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,778 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT ASHMEADOW, ARNSIDE
Received 12 Nov 200211 THORNY HILLS, KENDAL
Received 11 Jul 1997THE COPPER DOG, LEECE
Received 5 Dec 200226 WESTHILLS DRIVE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NW
Received 1 Sept 2006LAND AT HALL BANK FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 9 Jun 2017UNDERWOOD, FERNHILL ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-, SANDS.
Received 25 Mar 199819 Whinfell Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6JT
Received 9 Jun 202012 HAZEL BANK GARDENS, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LH
Received 3 Oct 2018CROFT HOUSE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 29 Mar 200576 & 78 Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5EZ
Received 8 Jul 2019Land off C3023 between Maughanby and Gamblesby Penrith
Received 7 Oct 2024FISHERMANS ARMS, BAYCLIFF
Received 7 Feb 1992Gallowbarrow Mill, Natland Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7RU
Received 4 Feb 2015LOANING HEAD FARMHOUSE, THE LOANING, ALSTON
Received 9 Apr 1996Holm Bank Fernleigh Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7HT
Received 27 Nov 20242 LOW GROVES FARM, SKELSMERGH
Received 1 Jul 199611 Brewery Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HU
Received 22 Sept 2022Unit 5 Kendal Fell Business Park, Boundary Bank Lane, KENDAL, LA9 5RR
Received 12 Jun 20191 Trinity Gardens ULVERSTON LA12 7UB
Received 22 Jan 2026LOW GILL (FARM BUILDINGS), BECKSIDE, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS
Received 10 Dec 1999FIELD NO 6246, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 19 Jan 2002BARN AT AISGILL FARM, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 5 Feb 2000LAND ADJACENT TO DROVERS MEWS/DROVERS LANE, PENRITH
Received 15 May 200355 Shap Road KENDAL LA9 6DL
Received 16 Feb 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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