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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT NOOK FARM, COLTHOUSE LANE, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SG
Received 9 Jun 2005Dummah Hill Farm North Stainmore Kirkby Stephen CA17 4DZ
Received 17 Jun 2025LAND SOUTH OF KITCHEN GILL, LAMBRIGG, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA8 0DP
Received 4 Feb 2011THE DAIRY, WINSKILL, PENRITH
Received 15 Oct 1989O S FIELD NO 1230, LUPTON HALL, LUPTON
Received 12 Mar 1992THE SIDINGS, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XR
Received 7 Jan 2022Pizza Italia, 9 Allhallows Lane, Kendal, LA9 4JH
Received 2 May 2014THE SUN INN, MARKET PLACE, ULVERSTON
Received 24 Aug 1989NENTHEAD MINES LEAD MINING COMPLEX, NENTHEAD
Received 5 Mar 20014 LINDEN PARK, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RW
Received 24 Apr 2017Bramble Bank, Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PT
Received 10 Jun 2021FIELD NO 5088, COLBY, APPLEBY
Received 5 Jan 19909 Wildman Street, KENDAL, LA9 6EN
Received 20 Sept 2021BEACONSIDE CE PRIMARY SCHOOL, HUTTON HILL, PENRITH, CA11 8EN
Received 7 Mar 201825 CASTLE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 7AD
Received 8 Oct 2004LITTS GARTH, STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 11 Jan 1990WICKERFIELD, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH
Received 19 Dec 1997Land at Plumtree Bank, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ES
Received 29 Sept 20171 Lynngarth Drive, KENDAL, LA9 4JA
Received 21 Dec 2020Brackendale, Orchard Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA5 0DP
Received 1 Dec 20222 Park View, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0EB
Received 17 Nov 201445 GLENDOWLIN LODGES, YANWATH, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 2LA
Received 3 Jan 2012AYNAM MILLS, LITTLE AYNAM, KENDAL
Received 17 Feb 1992BRUNTLEY SYKE, ALSTON
Received 18 May 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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