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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,790 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
OS 2900, DUFTON, APPLEBY
Received 29 Aug 1996LAND ADJOINING, LUNE VALLEY COURT, TEBAY
Received 21 Aug 2000MIDTOWN FARM, DUFTON, APPLEBY
Received 13 Jun 20032 MIDDLE PARK, THE RAISE, ALSTON
Received 15 Feb 199910 Queen Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4LF
Received 11 Mar 201316 Bay Tree Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9HL
Received 14 Feb 2022Former Kendal Magistrates Court, The Courthouse, Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 4NF
Received 28 Jun 2021Bridge End House Warcop Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6PD
Received 30 Jan 202621 Rydal Mount, KENDAL, LA9 4RS
Received 12 Sept 2018Coach House, Stockbridge House, Stockbridge Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BG
Received 19 Jun 2018THE OLD CO-OP, GARRIGILL, ALSTON
Received 3 Apr 2001ST CUTHBERTS CHURCH, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 23 May 2016SANDWATH FARM, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HE
Received 30 May 2017GIBSONS OF KENDAL, MINTSFEET ROAD SOUTH, KENDAL, LA9 6ND
Received 10 Nov 2003Side of Hampsfell, Keasdale Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JZ
Received 29 Jul 2021QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2HJ
Received 28 Nov 2012BECKSIDE, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HD
Received 14 Dec 2005Brahma, 3 Viver Green, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FR
Received 31 Oct 2018GREYSTONE HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EF
Received 9 Jun 2014LITTLE CHEF UNIT 361, A66, PENRITH
Received 22 Oct 1996PEMBROKE FARM, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE
Received 12 Sept 2018LAND ADJACENT TO BRADLEY HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PT
Received 10 Feb 2016ARNSIDE MEMORIAL PLAYING FIELDS, ARNSIDE, CARNFORTH, LA5 0DW
Received 8 Oct 2003WESTLANDS, SOUTHWAITE ROAD, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0ES
Received 4 Aug 2022Records 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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