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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 PLUMTREE BARN, BRIGSTEER, KENDAL, LA8 8AR
Received 1 Jul 20056 ST CUTHBERT'S PLACE, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SP
Received 8 Aug 2022COPPERS END, TANPITS LANE, BURTON, LA6 1JA
Received 24 Mar 2005CLAWTHORPE HALL, CLAWTHORPE, LA6 1NU
Received 16 Jun 2003Land at Nook Farm Colt House Lane ULVERSTON LA12 0SG
Received 8 Sept 202660 GILLINGGATE, KENDAL
Received 19 May 1997Bleaze Hall Barn, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0LU
Received 12 Jan 2022BARN ATTACHED TO GOOSE GREEN COTTAGE, GOOSE GREEN, PRESTON PATRICK, ENDMOOR
Received 30 Oct 1991SHELL PENRITH, VICTORIA ROAD, PENRITH
Received 3 Dec 2001BRACKENBANK VIEW, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LZ
Received 13 Apr 2022Road Chef Motorways Ltd, M6, Killington, Kendal, LA8 0NW
Received 10 Apr 201410 ALBERT COURT, BROOK STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7XH
Received 3 Jun 201346 LEIGHTON BECK ROAD, SLACKHEAD, MILNTHORPE
Received 4 Mar 1999LAND ADJACENT TO IVY HOUSE, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 6 Jul 20225 WINDERMERE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 25 Jun 1997HALL FARM HOUSE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY, CA16 6AF
Received 7 Aug 2018GREENACRES, GRAYRIGG, KENDAL, LA8 9BU
Received 8 Jul 2013LAND OFF NORTH LONSDALE ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 17 Apr 1996Goody Nook, Garth Row, KENDAL, LA8 9AT
Received 24 May 2016Applegarth, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8PJ
Received 16 Jul 201417 WINDERMERE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4QJ
Received 11 Sept 2013THE FARMHOUSE, LOWER HAVERFLATTS, HEVERSHAM
Received 3 Oct 2001High Carley Lodge Red Lane ULVERSTON LA12 0JU
Received 21 Jul 2025HOWES FARM, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QG
Received 6 Jul 2012Records 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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