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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,838 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Hawesmead Cottages, Hawesmead Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5HX
Received 29 Mar 202117 Hallfield, ULVERSTON, LA12 9TA
Received 15 May 2018PENTLANDS, KEASDALE ROAD, CARR BANK, MILNTHORPE
Received 11 Aug 2000WINDY RIDGE, NORTH DYKES, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 21 Feb 2001MORLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, MORLAND, PENRITH
Received 7 Aug 2002Larch View, Hawes Lane, Natland, OXENHOLME, LA9 7QG
Received 31 Aug 2017Barn at Gilpin Bank, Potter Fell Road, Burneside, KENDAL, LA8 9AY
Received 16 May 2017The Old Stables, Beckgate Head, Barbon, Carnforth, LA6 2LJ
Received 3 Jun 2014LOW HOUSE FARM, BOWSCAR, PENRITH
Received 1 Dec 1996HILLTOP, CARDRONA COURT, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AW
Received 19 Jul 20049 Castle Dale, KENDAL, LA9 7BG
Received 18 Jul 2019ARGILL HOUSE, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DH
Received 29 Sept 2004VAILIMA, KENTS BANK ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 23 May 2001Black Syke Sandford Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6NR
Received 23 May 2024Park House, 5 A Fernhill Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7JD
Received 4 Aug 20153 Chapels Row, Chapels, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XY
Received 13 Feb 2023STAINTON HILL, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 9 Dec 2016ROSE WALLS, ROSEBANK, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 29 Nov 2022LAND ADJACENT TO PROSPECT HOUSE, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BU
Received 14 Jun 2017Todbusk Lodge Sandside Lodge School Springfield Road ULVERSTON LA12 0DZ
Received 17 Apr 202433 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 1 Dec 2017CRAGG FARM, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0BA
Received 30 Nov 2004Land at Newby Head Farm Newby Penrith CA10 3EX
Received 20 Oct 20252 The Barn, New Barns Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BN
Received 14 Feb 2020Records 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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