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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
ASHVILLE, NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 8 Dec 19979 FRENCHFIELD WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8TW
Received 19 Aug 2020Natland Hall Farm, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QQ
Received 30 Oct 2020QUEENS HEAD HOTEL, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JF
Received 7 Jun 2022Cart House Cottage Soutergate KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7TP
Received 22 Oct 2024BLENCOW VILLAGE HALL, BLENCOW, PENRITH
Received 1 Aug 2002THE OLD BATTERY HOUSE, GALLIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3LW
Received 23 Aug 2011PHEASANT DRIVE, ARMATHWAITE
Received 1 Mar 2021PEATGATE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AY
Received 18 Mar 2021HIGHFIELD, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DF
Received 24 Jan 20054 Whinfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HG
Received 24 Apr 202019 PARK TERRACE, SOUTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SX
Received 5 Jun 20144 Mitchelgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2BE
Received 1 Mar 2016HOLME FARM, HOLME
Received 19 Aug 1997Unit 12 Kendal Business Park, 44 Appleby Road, Kendal, LA9 6ES
Received 7 Mar 2018LADTHWAITE, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JF
Received 3 Nov 2021Land North of Holly Cottage, Storth Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7JA
Received 22 Dec 2014NO 32 YARD 32A, KIRKLAND, KENDAL
Received 22 Jul 1991COURTS HILL LODGE, KENDAL ROAD, KIRKBY, LONSDALE
Received 1 Oct 2001Maple Barn High Bridge Dalston Carlisle CA5 7DS
Received 12 May 20262 Gunpowder Site Works, Sedgwick, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 0JZ
Received 27 Mar 202348 Greenside Kendal LA9 5DT
Received 6 Apr 2026Grass verge to the rear of The Little Cottage, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BL
Received 22 Apr 2021Asda Stores Ltd, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7JA
Received 6 Nov 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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