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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
86 Sandylands Road, KENDAL, LA9 6JH
Received 27 Oct 202257 Market Street, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JS
Received 24 Aug 201739, PATEGILL ROAD, PENRITH
Received 4 Oct 20021 & 2, LITTLE DOCKRAY, PENRITH
Received 6 Dec 19998 Lune Close Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DA
Received 25 Sept 2025GLEN LANE, DUFTON
Received 13 Jul 1999GYNN COTTAGE, NEW HUTTON
Received 15 Apr 1996Area surrounding Pitt Farm Racing Stables Haggs Lane Cartmel Grange-Over-Sands LA11 6HE
Received 29 May 2026ORCHARD CROFT, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LX
Received 15 Apr 2004LOW BARN, FLAKEBRIDGE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JZ
Received 5 Sept 2023Land adjacent to Rose Lea, Low Biggins, Carnforth, LA6 2DH
Received 20 Feb 2014THE RECTORY, CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH
Received 8 Oct 1998ROSEWAY, KELLETH
Received 1 Apr 2002LAND ADJACENT TO THE GLEN, OXENHOLME, KENDAL
Received 19 Aug 1991WCF COUNTRY CENTRE, BRUNSWICK ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7JU
Received 3 Jul 201221 Thornleigh Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HQ
Received 27 Jun 201834 TYNE CLOSE AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 7ER
Received 26 Nov 2015CRAG MOOR, KIRKHEAD ROAD, KENTS BANK, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 10 Apr 1991Land adjacent to Vicarage Drive, Kendal
Received 22 Dec 2014RAISGILL HALL, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3UB
Received 13 Sept 2004Land to the side of Malvern, Woodside Road, Endmoor, Cumbria, LA8 0HE
Received 18 Feb 2016Stables at Turnpike Lane Holme CARNFORTH LA6
Received 26 Feb 2026Land off Beacon Edge PENRITH
Received 16 Apr 20254, INGLEWOOD TERRACE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 10 Feb 1990Records 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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