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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Burneside Road, Kendal, LA9 4RL
Received 2 Sept 2014Blue Bell House, Devonshire Square, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6QD
Received 27 Jun 2022SPRINGS VIEW, HIGH BIGGINS, LA6 2NP
Received 6 Jun 2012"NORDLYS", HIGHFIELD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 11 May 1998Holy Trinity Church Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1PZ
Received 29 Mar 2024THE WARREN, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EU
Received 3 Apr 2020SUNNYSIDE, BLOOMSBERRY, HARDBACK & COTTERILL, DYKEHEADS, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PY
Received 13 Jan 200623 Michaelson Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JQ
Received 4 Jul 202226 STRAMONGATE, KENDAL
Received 31 Jul 1991LAND SW OF STORCH NEW BRIDGE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH
Received 28 Mar 2017GARAGE PLOTS NOS 1 2 & 3 BACK TOWER STREET & BYRON STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 9AS
Received 10 Feb 2006Abbott Hall Lambert Manor Kirkhead Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BG
Received 18 Sept 2023Rose Cottage Carr Bank Road Carr Bank MILNTHORPE LA7 7LB
Received 26 May 202625 KENTWOOD ROAD, KENDAL
Received 3 Feb 1997LAND AT EDEN LEA, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 21 Jan 1991BARN NEXT TO CRONE'S BARN, MONKS CLOSE, PENRITH
Received 13 May 2004Natland Millbeck Lane, Kendal, Cumbria
Received 24 Sept 20141 THE GRANGE, MOUNTBARROW FARM,, ULVERSTON
Received 7 Nov 2001GREYSTONES, LEVENS
Received 12 Dec 2000CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL DEPOT, FOXFIELD, NR BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Received 20 Nov 1989HOLLIN HEAD, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 23 Dec 2004LAND AT OLD CROFT FARM, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0AT
Received 10 May 2013BRAETHEN, THE THORPE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TJ
Received 17 Sept 2020Plots 4, 6 (formerly 5b) and 9 Sillfield Farm Gatebeck KENDAL LA8 0HZ
Received 30 May 2025Records 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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