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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,790 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND BEHIND 6 SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7NL
Received 29 Jun 2017IVY COTTAGE, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 26 Oct 20043 Parkside Meadow, KENDAL, LA9 7SR
Received 17 Aug 20172 HAZELCROFT GARDENS, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AN
Received 20 Aug 2004Redwins, Stone Close, STAINTON WITH ADGARLEY, LA13 0NU
Received 17 Nov 201625 CASTLE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7AU
Received 19 Aug 2003BARN AT THE NOOK, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HY
Received 18 Sept 2003High Roosebeck Farm, Goadsbarrow, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RE
Received 14 Jul 2021LAND AT CARLETON HILL, PENRITH
Received 4 Apr 2008W F Wilkin And Sons, Station Approach, Cark In Cartmel, GRANG-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PT
Received 10 Dec 2019LAND ADJACENT TO HILLSIDE, RUCKCROFT, AMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QR
Received 1 Jun 2023Kendal Waste Water Treatment Works, KENDAL
Received 1 Jul 201933, OLD LONDON ROAD, PENRITH
Received 10 Mar 1999BANKFOOT FARM, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AP
Received 26 Feb 201948 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 15 Sept 201428 ANN STREET, KENDAL
Received 15 Apr 2002LING PARK, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 10 Nov 2000The Cottage Carleton Road Penrith CA11 8LT
Received 24 Apr 20269 Green Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QR
Received 9 Nov 2023High Carley House, High Carley, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JU
Received 20 Aug 20183 Gandy Street, KENDAL, LA9 7AE
Received 26 Feb 2016THE LODGE, NUNWICK, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 3 Oct 1997Land to the South Cark Manor Cark In Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7PG
Received 14 Apr 2025Market Cross, Market Place, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 14 Jul 2020Records 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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