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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 The Flags Ford Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PN
Received 27 Apr 2026Lonsdale Villa Fell Lane PENRITH CA11 8AA
Received 2 Oct 2024The Old Forge Temple Sowerby PENRITH CA10 1RZ
Received 4 Feb 2025THE COTTAGE, JONES'S YARD, BURTON
Received 8 Feb 2002FLAT 6 HIGHGROVE, 1 BANKFIELD, KENDAL, LA9 5DR
Received 8 Feb 201212 SPITAL PARK, KENDAL, LA9 6HG
Received 15 Feb 200510 HIGH SEAT HILL, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AW
Received 1 Dec 2011Emmanuel Christian Centre Mill Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EB
Received 5 Sept 2016MITRE HOUSE, MARKET SQUARE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QT
Received 27 Feb 2017KELDRIGG HOUSE, WOODHOUSE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NQ
Received 12 Oct 2012HELSINGTON LAITHES, MILNTHORPE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 22 Sept 1997KENDAL MAGISTRATES COURT, KENDAL, LA9 4RU
Received 23 Jul 2004104 Kentsford Road, Kents Bank, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7BB
Received 2 Feb 2017SCOTTS HOUSE, MILLNESS, CROOKLANDS
Received 1 Feb 1990FORMER LUNE VALLEY FILLING STATION, GAISGILL, TEBAY
Received 9 Aug 2002LAND ADJ. TO WILDRIGGS, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 11 Feb 2015THE STABLE FERNLEIGH, PENRITH
Received 7 Feb 2001KENDAL SNOWSPORTS CLUB, CANAL HEAD NORTH, KENDAL, LA9 7BY
Received 17 Jul 2013TYNE BOTTOM, GARRIGILL
Received 16 May 2002EAST GABLE END WRIGHT BROTHERS BUS GARAGE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON
Received 24 May 1990LOWGILL, FLITHOLME, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PT
Received 27 Feb 201536 Finkle Street KENDAL Cumbria LA9 4AB
Received 16 Apr 2024ENGINEERING WORKS, BURNESIDE MILLS, BURNESIDE
Received 12 Sept 1997Site at Castle Mount, Burton Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7PR
Received 18 Jun 2019Records 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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