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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,801 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Skelwith, Lyndene Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QP
Received 18 May 20211 Silverdale Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6RP
Received 21 Jan 201520 Morewood Drive, BURTON in KENDAL, Cumbria, LA6 1NE
Received 10 Feb 2016Mill Field, Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DL
Received 10 Nov 2016Land adjacent to 1 Stone Close, Stainton with Adgarley, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, LA13 0NU
Received 17 Feb 2020OAKLANDS COUNTRY PARK, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DH
Received 25 Oct 2019Furnace Garage, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 22 Jan 2018COLLEGE GREEN FARM, HEVERSHAM, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EZ
Received 30 Mar 2006SCAR HOUSE, BRIGSTEER, LA8 8AR
Received 12 Sept 2006KENDAL BUSINESS PARK, APPLEBY ROAD,, KENDAL
Received 18 Jul 1991MEALBANK PROPERTIES LTD,, LAKE DISTRICT BUSINESS PARK, MINT BRIDGE, ROAD, KENDAL
Received 14 Feb 2001TEBAY INTERCHANGE A685, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 14 Feb 1996Miramer Kents Bank Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7DJ
Received 9 Feb 2026LAND EAST OF CASTLE PARK, BROUGH, CA17 4BD
Received 18 Jul 2023Land south of Eden Barn Little Musgrave Kirkby Stephen CA17 4PQ
Received 2 Feb 2026Grass verge at entrance to Serpentine Woods, KENDAL, LA9 4PH
Received 22 Nov 2021BROOKLANDS, SILLFIELD, GATEBECK
Received 27 Jul 2000Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7HX
Received 16 Mar 202141 Broad Ing Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 6HA
Received 3 Jul 20192 Poplar Grove, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JU
Received 1 Nov 2017Valhalla Newbiggin Penrith CA11 0HP
Received 9 Oct 2025UNION TAVERN, 159 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 16 Sept 1996BRAITHWAITES GARAGE LTD, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 24 Jul 2014THE STABLE BARN, BECKGATE HEAD, BARBON, LA6 2LJ
Received 15 Sept 2006Records 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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