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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,789 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PART OS FIELD NO 8900, NEAR, STRAWBERRY BANK FARM, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0AL
Received 2 Jul 2003FIELD NOS 1328 & 1840 LAND AT MILLRIGG, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 24 Feb 1999Middle Bank End Farm Coupland Beck Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6LN
Received 29 Oct 2024Brown Robin, Wart Barrow Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7RA
Received 19 Jun 2019LAKELAND VIEW, THE PROMENADE, ARNSIDE
Received 26 Feb 1997LINDON, ROOSEBECK, COAST ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 16 Oct 1997LAND SOUTH OF HARRINGTON LING FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CA4 0JH
Received 15 Sept 2017KENDAL UNITED JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB GROUND, CASTLE CIRCLE, KENDAL, LA9 7BB
Received 24 Mar 2005CHAPEL FARM, NEWBIGGIN, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 6 Mar 2000HIGHFIELD, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 23 Sept 20132 Ainslie Street, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7JE
Received 22 Mar 2016THE CHEVERONS, PHOENIX PARK, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SD
Received 21 Jul 2005HILLSIDE COTTAGE, FIRBANK, SEDBERGH
Received 29 Mar 2001SUNNYSIDE, WARDWAY, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CUMBRIA, CA9 3PX
Received 8 Mar 201133 TRINITY DRIVE, HOLME
Received 24 Aug 1999BARCLAY BANK PLC, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XF
Received 30 Oct 2003Eden Bank Kirkoswald PENRITH CA10 1EE
Received 10 Oct 2024Garth Heads Cottage, Garth Heads, KENDAL, LA9 4JL
Received 12 Feb 2018DEVELOPMENT SITE ADJ. TOWNHEAD FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 15 Mar 2017BECKSIDE BUNGALOW, THE GILL, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BN
Received 16 Sept 2013MILL HOUSE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JT
Received 9 Sept 201414 WOODSIDE ROAD, ENDMOOR, KENDAL, LA8 0HQ
Received 31 Jan 2012Shackla Bank Lane, Firbank, SEDBERGH, LA10 5EL
Received 27 Sept 20197 SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6AR
Received 5 Apr 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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