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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MELKINTHORPE POULTRY FARM, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 23 Mar 2017LAND AT SKIRSGILL LANE, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BQ
Received 8 Oct 2018WEST WINDS, LOW BRAITHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 19 Oct 1990Field to the North of Westmorland Motorway Services Tebay West Tebay PENRITH CA10 3SB
Received 9 Dec 2025BENDRIGG LODGE, OLD HUTTON
Received 22 Apr 199858 CAPTAIN FRENCH LANE, KENDAL, LA9 4HP
Received 2 Jun 2004KIRKHOLME, KIRKHEAD ROAD, GRANGE
Received 13 Apr 1999Westerley 28 The Esplanade, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7HH
Received 30 Mar 2015GLEBE HOUSE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2DX
Received 2 May 2006Land near Hare Ghyll Cottage, Dalton In Furness, Great Urswick, Barrow In Furness, LA15 8JG
Received 19 Mar 201521 Spital Park, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6HG
Received 12 Apr 2022Stonecross Manor Hotel, 84 Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HP
Received 22 Sept 2021THE BREWERY ARTS CENTRE118-120, HIGHGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 25 Oct 2012High House, Natland, KENDAL
Received 30 Oct 2018FOSSILS, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DR
Received 19 Sept 2006BANKSGATE, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EX
Received 12 Aug 2019SOUTH VIEW, HUTTON ROOF
Received 11 May 1999Land at Milnthorpe Heversham Head Plantation MILNTHORPE LA7 7NB
Received 1 May 202636/38 MARKET PLACE, KENDAL
Received 28 Jan 200019 The Meadows, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0EY
Received 25 Apr 201713 Grasmere Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BY
Received 17 May 2021Charney Lodge, Eden Mount, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6BZ
Received 26 Nov 2012Hanover House, Victoria Road, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0BY
Received 22 May 2013181 VICARAGE DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 5BS
Received 4 Jul 2003Records 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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