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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,789 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 around Station View Penrith CA11 0BX
Received 2 Sept 2025BLOSSOM HILL, STORTH ROAD, MILNTHORPE
Received 3 Jul 1998FORMER MINERS ARMS, SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JH
Received 17 Jun 2014242 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SL
Received 20 Apr 201637 Buttermere Drive KENDAL LA9 7PH
Received 12 Oct 2026REDLANDS BANK, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AH
Received 31 May 20233 Old Hall Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DG
Received 24 Feb 2020Fell View, Aynsome Road, Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6PR
Received 28 Apr 2017THE MINERS ARMS 27, SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH
Received 23 Jan 1999BELL HALL, KIRKBY IN FURNESS
Received 7 Mar 20003 Carley Close, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JJ
Received 20 Nov 20194 THE MEADOWS, SOUTHWAITE, CA4 0JX
Received 13 Nov 2020Houghtons Parkhouse Coachwork Grisleymire Lane MILNTHORPE LA7 7RF
Received 1 Apr 2025GILLSES FARM, STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DJ
Received 22 May 2006BARN ADJOINING COTEGILL FARMHOUSE, GAISGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3UH
Received 12 May 2004SUNNYSIDE, PENNINGTON
Received 28 Oct 19974 Heron Hill, KENDAL, LA9 7JE
Received 28 Mar 2022VACANT SITE, WINTON PARK, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 11 Jan 200219 MOREWOOD DRIVE, BURTON-IN-KENDAL, LA6 1NE
Received 9 Jun 2006LAND ADJACENT TO MEADOWSIDE, LANGWATHBY, CA10 1LU
Received 22 Feb 202218 & 18A WILDMAN STREET, KENDAL
Received 26 Feb 2003104 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 27 Apr 202013 SERPENTINE ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4PF
Received 23 May 2012FIELD HEAD COTTAGE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9PU
Received 21 Mar 2019Records 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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