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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
GROUNDS OF ROSE COTTAGE, BRIGSTEER, KENDAL, LA8 8AP
Received 9 Nov 2005OLD MANOR, HIGH CASTERTON, CARNFORTH
Received 11 Apr 1990LOWTHIAN COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 13 Aug 1991MILBURN ROAD, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9NW
Received 29 Jan 20163 Meadowside Close, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EJ
Received 29 Jan 2021BOLTON MEMORIAL HALL, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AR
Received 14 Apr 2022FIVE FURLONGS, STATION ROAD, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 2 Feb 1997PART OS FIELD 5888 ASBY HALL, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY
Received 27 Mar 200321 Laneside Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7BU
Received 27 Mar 2018ROYDON, KENTS BANKS ROAD, GRANGE-, OVER-SANDS
Received 28 Nov 200218 Ann Street, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 6AA
Received 9 Mar 201610 CASTLE GREEN CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 13 May 19915 Kent Park Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5JT
Received 22 Jan 20217 APPLE TREE GARDENS, PENRITH, CA11 8WG
Received 25 Jul 2016REIGNY COTTAGE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AP
Received 18 Jul 20171 SUNNY BANK, LITTLE URSWICK, ULVERSTON
Received 4 Dec 19894 CHURCH ROAD, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HD
Received 19 Jan 2021TEBAY GHYLL, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XZ
Received 30 Sept 2005BOWSCAR QUARRY, FOREST HILL, PENRITH, CA11 8RY
Received 28 Oct 2015Helm End, Oxenholme, Kendal, LA8 0LR
Received 24 Mar 2014CEMETERY LODGE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7RZ
Received 18 Nov 2011Fellbank, Great Heads Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EA
Received 6 Sept 2023CHURCH ROAD, ALLITHWAITE
Received 21 Feb 1991ENCLOSED LAND ADJACENT SOUTH VIEW BUILDINGS, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 6 Feb 1989Records 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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