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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,810 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Area surrounding Sycamore Barn Wellheads Lane Sedgwick Kendal LA8 0JT
Received 28 Apr 2026O.S FIELD NO. 5075, UNDERLEY HOME, FARM, KEARSTWICK
Received 16 Apr 1998BARRAGHYLL, IVEGILL, CARLISLE
Received 27 May 1991RITTSON HOUSE, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 1 Aug 2001MILL BANK COTTAGE, BECKSIDE, KIRKBY in FURNESS, LA17 7TH
Received 4 Jan 201229 MAPLE DRIVE, KENDAL
Received 29 Apr 1996GLAXO SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB, 35 QUEEN STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 10 Apr 1997GREENGILL HOUSE, GREENGILL, PENRITH, CA11 8SE
Received 28 Jun 202115 & 16 SUNNY BANK, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EU
Received 29 May 2014Higging Barn, Haverflatts Lane, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DG
Received 19 Oct 2021Land behind Brahma & Araucana & adj to Ancona, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FR
Received 15 Jun 202158 WEBSTERS YARD, HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 9 May 1991St Cuthberts C Of E Primary School, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 11 Oct 2022BARN ADJACENT THE COUNTING HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 28 Jan 2019LINCOWELL FARM, RENWICK, PENRITH
Received 20 Jul 2002CARTER HOUSE, CROOKLANDS
Received 15 May 200228 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 30 Mar 202112-12A STRAMONGATE, KENDAL
Received 19 Sept 19911 Mayfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DU
Received 10 Nov 2017Land at Middle Lane, KENDAL
Received 7 Sept 2016TOWN FOOT COTTAGE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PA
Received 8 Nov 2019HYNING HOUSE, LOW BIGGINS, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 5 Mar 20127 Stricklandgate KENDAL LA9 4NB
Received 22 Jul 2025Browngill Nenthead Road Alston CA9 3LF
Received 30 Mar 2026Records 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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