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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,935 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
AREA ADJACENT TO NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA
Received 9 Jan 2012Speel Bank Bungalow, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SP
Received 18 Nov 2019Thatchmoor Head, Lambrigg, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0DQ
Received 8 Jul 201562 CAPTAIN FRENCH LANE, KENDAL, LA9 4HP
Received 13 Jul 2004THE WOODLANDS, CROOKLANDS
Received 10 Apr 2000SITES 26 47 AND 49 FLETCHER HILL PARK, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 1 Jul 1999Levens C Of E School, Church Road, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8PU
Received 22 Dec 20178 GREEN GARTH, STATION ROAD, HOLME, LANCS, LA6 1RF
Received 27 Jun 2005LAUREL BANK, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 26 Sept 20003 Powleys Garth Langwathby PENRITH CA10 1NS
Received 13 Oct 2025ARCH HOUSE, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CUMBRIA, CA9 3QW
Received 16 May 2023Annexe Rosslyn Natland KENDAL LA9 7PT
Received 17 Jan 2024BUNKERS HILL, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UP
Received 30 Apr 201845, MIDDLEGATE, PENRITH
Received 9 Sept 1997Rosgill Head Rosgill Penrith CA10 2QX
Received 4 Jul 2024SITE AT, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 6 Apr 2001SANDY GAP COTTAGE, BURTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NT
Received 21 Jan 2005Clover House Crooklands MILNTHORPE LA7 7NS
Received 22 Mar 2024Low Hall Little Musgrave KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4PQ
Received 23 Feb 2024LAND SOUTH OF C3010 AND TOWN END COTTAGE, LAITHES, PENRITH
Received 23 Aug 2013PART OF GARDEN AREA THE BUNGALOW, STATION ROAD, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 30 Mar 1990NENTFORCE CARAVAN PARK, STATION ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3JX
Received 2 Jun 2020KELLVALE, OUBAS HILL, ULVERSTON
Received 11 Feb 1997SITE ADJACENT MAPLE CROFT, SKELTON, PENRITH
Received 1 Nov 2018Records 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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