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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,826 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 15 Nov 200274 Captain French Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HP
Received 18 Oct 2017Annexe, 7 Morecambe Bank, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6DX
Received 6 Sept 2017HIGHGATE VETERINARY CLINIC, 173 HIGHGATE, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4EN
Received 1 Aug 2012QUINTA COTTAGE, GRIZEBECK, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XJ
Received 6 Nov 2003THE OLD BARN, HIGH HOUSE FARM,, NATLAND ROAD, SEDGWICK
Received 6 May 2003SHIRE HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PT
Received 27 Apr 2006COOPERATIVE SUPERMARKET, MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3HS
Received 7 May 2019CARPOOL HOUSE, BLEATARN, APPLEBY
Received 12 Dec 2000FORMER METHODIST CHAPEL, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6ES
Received 14 Nov 2018The Lodge, Sedgwick House, Sedgwick, KENDAL, LA8 0JX
Received 6 Nov 2019FORMER CLARK'S DECORATORS WORKSHOP,, BEEZON HEAD, BEEZON RD IND EST, KENDAL
Received 28 Apr 1999BARN ADJOINING LAND NE OF COUNTING HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 16 Jan 201789 Appleby Road, KENDAL, LA9 6HE
Received 24 Jun 2021Mutton Hall Telecomms Mast, Reservoir Road, Killington, KENDAL, LA8 0NW
Received 23 Mar 2021LILYMERE HOUSE, KILLINGTON, SEDBERGH, LA10 5EJ
Received 21 Nov 2011ROSE LEA, BURTON ROAD, OXENHOLME
Received 29 Nov 199916 PARK ROAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AD
Received 7 Dec 2004The Cottage Beckside KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7TQ
Received 28 Aug 2024Meadow House Culgaith Penrith CA10 1QL
Received 11 Sept 2024PLOT 6 JOINERS CLOSE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HU
Received 20 Dec 2022ASHTON HOUSE, BEETHAM, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 12 Sept 2012THE OLD SCHOOL, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 21 Nov 199128 ESTHWAITE AVENUE, KENDAL
Received 25 Mar 2002Records 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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