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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Craig Helen Lyndene Drive GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6QP
Received 22 Jul 20261 CURRAH CLOSE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AP
Received 28 Jun 2018Thacka Lea Caravan Park Thacka Lane Penrith CA11 9HX
Received 30 Jan 2024Greencroft Laithes PENRITH CA11 0AN
Received 9 Apr 2026St Thomas' Church Windermere Road Kendal Cumbia LA9 4RF
Received 30 May 2024FLUSCO LANDFILL SITE, FLUSCO, PENRITH, CA11 0JB
Received 16 Nov 2005THE BOURNE, OUBAS HILL, ULVERSTON
Received 16 Feb 1996LAND AT NEWBY END FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 10 Jun 2019FORMER NEWTON RIGG CAMPUS, NEWTON RIGG, PENRITH, CA11 0AH
Received 19 Oct 2023FORMER INSURANCE HALL, SAND AIRE HOUSE, STRAMONGATE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4UA
Received 16 May 2011Ashfield, 7 Hawes Lane, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QF
Received 1 Feb 2021ASHTON LEA COACH HOUSE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UE
Received 9 Jul 201216 Collinfield, KENDAL, LA9 5JD
Received 28 Aug 202019 CASTLE GREEN LANE, KENDAL
Received 12 Jul 2001125 BRENTFIELD WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8HQ
Received 12 Jun 2013TREES IN STABLES OPPOSITE RACECOURSE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QF
Received 24 Jan 2013GARAGE COURTYARD ADJACENT 21, ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH
Received 25 Mar 1996BURNESIDE LANDFILL SITE, BURNESIDE
Received 29 May 2002FIELD ADJACENT TO BYRNES CLOSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 5 Jun 2018LAND OFF KENDAL PARKS ROAD, KENDAL
Received 16 Oct 199616 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale LA6 2AE
Received 15 Jul 2025MEG BANK, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 23 Jan 2017BEACON COTTAGE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE
Received 25 Nov 1997BEACON GARDENS DEVELOPMENT, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BE
Received 30 Jan 2017Records 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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