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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,810 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
27 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA
Received 16 Feb 2005KENDAL FELL VHF RELAY SATION, KENDAL
Received 23 Nov 20014 JUNIPER WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8UF
Received 11 Sept 2014Land to south west of Sir John Barrow Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SZ
Received 5 Feb 2019DUFTON WOOD FARM, DUFTON, APPLEBY
Received 6 Sept 1999LAND AT CARLETON HEIGHTS, PENRITH
Received 26 Jan 2021THE SHIP INN, MAIN STREET, BARDSEA, LA12 9QT
Received 15 Aug 2006Riverside Hotel, Beezon Road, Kendal, LA9 6FS
Received 22 May 2014Old School House, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QQ
Received 19 Jun 202364 HIGHGATE, KENDAL.
Received 20 Apr 1998CEMETRY, ST MARY'S CHURCH, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 17 Jan 199246 Kennedy Place, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7FX
Received 7 Jul 2022FIELDS AT PEASLANDS, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH
Received 24 Sept 20151 Mintsfeet Road KENDAL LA9 6DE
Received 28 Oct 2026THE GREEN, LAMBRIGG
Received 9 Jan 1996Rear of 41 Mitchelgate, KIRKBY LONSDALE, Cumbria, LA6 2BE
Received 12 Feb 2016POLICE MAST PENRITH R.S, BEACON HILL, PENRITH
Received 10 Jan 20024, CLIFFORD CLOSE, PENRITH
Received 26 Jul 19966 Printers Croft, Entry Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4DJ
Received 2 Jan 2018Kentsford House Kentsford Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BB
Received 18 Jun 2026LAND AT SYKE SIDE LANE, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PJ
Received 14 Feb 2014GRANGE-OVER-SANDS GOLF CLUB, MEATHOP ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 28 Feb 200326 THE GILL, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BP
Received 28 Feb 2006The Joinery Shop, Bridge End, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NH
Received 4 Aug 2021Records 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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