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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,798 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bramble Lea, Kennedy Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EA
Received 10 Sept 2018OS FIELD NO. 4988 AT SIZERGH CASTLE, SIZERGH
Received 23 Nov 2000Fair View House, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BE
Received 10 Oct 2017The Courthouse, Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 4TJ
Received 29 Jul 20211 THE SQUARE EAST, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 29 May 1996RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITE, "THE, OAKS", LAND OFF OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL
Received 16 Apr 2002Birds Park Farm, Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6PB
Received 11 Jul 2017SOLWAY DAF (PENRITH), UNIT 42 GILWILLY ROAD, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9BL
Received 29 May 20155 High Kepplewray, Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA20 6BL
Received 4 Apr 20138 SUMMERVILLE ROAD, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA, LA7 7DF
Received 31 Aug 2005BARRAS EDGE, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ET
Received 18 Sept 2017ARMSTRONG AND FLEMING LTD, ROPER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 8HT
Received 7 Sept 201776 Hayclose Road, KENDAL, LA9 7ND
Received 3 May 2018NO 1 2 & 3, STONE SHOTT, MELLBECKS, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 2 Dec 1997ALBA PROTEINS LTD, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 27 Nov 2006Lingwood Park, Cartmel Road, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7QA
Received 28 Apr 2014PLOT 5, LOW MILL BUSINESS PARK,, ULVERSTON
Received 30 Mar 2001149 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4RF
Received 23 Dec 2022Parklands, Parkside Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LG
Received 30 Sept 2021Dun Horse, 5 Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4BH
Received 8 Aug 20129 FOLLY LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BT
Received 21 Dec 2015The Hollins, Hayclose Lane, Oxenholme, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0AG
Received 24 Dec 2015LAND/BUILDING TO REAR OF ETHEL AUSTIN'S, PENRITH
Received 21 Mar 2006FLUSCO QUARRY, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0BJ
Received 4 Oct 2012Records 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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