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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,839 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newland Farm, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QQ
Received 12 May 2016The Orchard adjacent to Larch How, Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, LA9 5DY
Received 16 Oct 2018MILLNESS HILL HOLIDAY PARK, CROOKLANDS
Received 17 Jul 2000N T A TRANSMITTING SITE, O.S FIELD NO., 7700, BECKSIDE, KILLINGTON
Received 2 Dec 19973, FOREST HILL COTTAGES, BOWSCAR, PENRITH
Received 16 Jan 20039 CARAWAY CLOSE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NF
Received 13 Oct 20032 WOODSIDE, ENDMOOR
Received 23 Feb 2000Temple Bank, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 3 Aug 2020106 STAINBANK ROAD, KENDAL
Received 16 Feb 2000AIKRIGG BARN, BECKSIDE, KILLINGTON
Received 14 Nov 20026 WASDALE CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 14 Mar 2003FOWRASS FARM, LAITHES, PENRITH, CA11 0AN
Received 23 Aug 2022LAITHA, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AY
Received 22 Nov 2021BELAH BRIDGE HOUSE, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 23 Mar 20235 Kendal Green KENDAL LA9 5PN
Received 24 Dec 2025Farm Buildings adjacent to Hoghouse Hill Road Stainton PENRITH
Received 21 Nov 202355 Main Street, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AH
Received 1 Oct 2021Little Roods Gamblesby Penrith CA10 1HR
Received 7 Mar 2024BIRKDALE WEST FARM, HARWOOD-IN-TEESDALE, BARNARD CASTLE
Received 12 Jan 1999FORMER BUILDERS YARD, COLLIN CROFT, KENDAL, LA9 4TH
Received 11 Aug 20061 WORDSLEY HOUSE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1DQ
Received 26 Nov 2004GREENACRES, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0NB
Received 3 Aug 2004HACKTHORPE HALL, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HX
Received 11 Sept 2003PART OS 4949 OFF, CARLETON AVENUE, PENRITH
Received 21 Mar 1996Records 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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