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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
72 Archers Meadow, KENDAL, LA9 7DY
Received 11 Oct 2016Brough Fold Oxenholme Lane Natland KENDAL LA9 7QH
Received 9 Jun 2025ELMSFIELD HOUSE, MILNTHORPE ROAD, HOLME, CARNFORTH, LA6 1RJ
Received 17 Mar 2006SMITHY CROFT, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 14 Apr 2016MONKCASTLE FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PZ
Received 1 Sept 2006THE LOFT, 14A MURLEY MOSS, KENDAL
Received 9 May 2003FIELD HOUSE, HESKET NEW MARKET, WIGTON
Received 15 Sept 198934 WILLOW DRIVE, KENDAL
Received 10 Feb 2003LAND OPPOSITE 43 STEEL STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 20 Jul 1999Unit 4 Parkside Business Park, Parkside Road, KENDAL, LA9 7EN
Received 21 Aug 2018ROSE COTTAGE, WATER STREET, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AY
Received 4 Sept 2003OAK BARN, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 15 Jun 2015MALLY COTTAGE, BOLTON, APPLEBY
Received 11 Oct 2002Lupton Hall Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PX
Received 30 Apr 2026ROWFOOT, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE
Received 4 Sept 1999Land adjacent Lea Field Shap Penrith CA10 3PZ
Received 12 Mar 2026EAMONT TERRACE, REDHILLS, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 0DS
Received 28 Oct 2003EDEN GROVE SCHOOL, BOLTON, APPLEBY
Received 26 Jul 2001YEW TREE FARM, REAGILL, PENRITH
Received 11 Aug 2000PENDALE, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DG
Received 17 Apr 2015STRAWBERRY BANK, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL
Received 23 Apr 199723 Windermere Road KENDAL LA9 4QJ
Received 13 Oct 2025East Bank, Eden Mount Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6BN
Received 21 Mar 2016HALLS NEWSAGENTS,, 8 MARKET SQUARE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QT
Received 5 Dec 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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