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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,826 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 HAYCLOSE CRESCENT, KENDAL
Received 18 Mar 199152 RUSLAND PARK, KENDAL
Received 15 Jan 199214 FRANKLANDS PARK, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 15 Aug 200311 & 12 LIBRARY ROAD, KENDAL
Received 27 Apr 200059 TRINKELD AVENUE, SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON, LA120XB
Received 8 Jul 2003IVY COTTAGE, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DG
Received 12 Jan 20062 Marne Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LH
Received 15 Mar 2023SHEPHERDS INN, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 5 Apr 2012ELLERTON GRANGE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 26 Feb 1996MONNINGTON WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8QJ
Received 11 Jun 2015139 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4RX
Received 30 Sept 20219 LOWTHER STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4DH
Received 29 Nov 2005SHEPHERDS INN, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 14 Aug 2006Mid Ashgill Cottage Garrigill Alston CA9 3HB
Received 19 May 2025115 OAKWOOD DRIVE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9JU
Received 15 Jun 2005SITE BEHIND THE LILACS, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AQ
Received 19 Sept 2017CHAPPELS FARM, KIRKBY IN FURNESS
Received 21 Feb 2003Area surrounding Grange Fell Golf Club Grange Fell Road Grange-over-sands LA11 6HB
Received 20 May 2026Bankfield Hall Access Road To Bankfield Great Urswick ULVERSTON LA12 0SX
Received 19 Aug 2026MINT COTTAGE, GILTHWAITERIGG LANE, KENDAL
Received 15 Apr 1996BOWBER HEAD, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4NL
Received 23 Aug 2011Hampsfield Convalescent Home, Lindale, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6LA
Received 11 Mar 2022DOCKER HALL FARM, DOCKER, KENDAL, LA8 0DB
Received 28 May 2012Mintsfeet Place, Mintsfeet Road North, KENDAL, LA9 6LL
Received 2 Oct 2017Records 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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