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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,907 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE BARN, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL
Received 12 Mar 1996Church Buildings, Main Street, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6BA
Received 18 Jan 2016Braddylls Arms Market Place, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7BA
Received 8 Aug 20131 Inglemere Drive, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BY
Received 9 Jan 2018OLD POND HOUSE, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PQ
Received 4 Nov 2015SEWELL HOUSE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0QF
Received 17 May 2004LAND ADJACENT TO GREEN LANE, STORTH, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HU
Received 20 Jan 2005WESTMORLAND MOTORWAY SERVICES LTD WESTMORLAND PLACE, M6 (EAST), ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SB
Received 7 Mar 200458 NATLAND ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7LT
Received 20 Sept 2004Land Near Basco Dyke Head Basco Dyke Armathwaite CARLISLE CA4 9QP
Received 13 May 20251 Market Place/25 Stricklandgate KENDAL LA9 4TN
Received 8 Oct 2025FORMER SAYERS GARAGE, SOUTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 27 Apr 1999OLD HALL FARMHOUSE, BONGATE, APPLEBY
Received 20 Oct 2000A T S Ltd, Mintsfeet Road South, KENDAL, LA9 6ND
Received 9 Jun 2016OLD MILKING/DAIRY BUILDING SCALES FOLD, RENWICK, PENRITH
Received 29 Aug 1998MAINS COTTAGE, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UU
Received 14 Nov 2005Hudkin House Skirwith PENRITH CA10 1RH
Received 3 Jan 2025WHITEHALL CARAVAN PARK, WHITEHALL, COAST ROAD, BARROW-IN-FURNESS
Received 11 Jun 1990AIKRIGG FIELD, OS 5469
Received 14 Oct 2002SHEPHERDS MILL, LEVENS
Received 10 Apr 2000TOWNHEAD FARM, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 30 Apr 2003HORNCOP, HEVERSHAM, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EB
Received 4 Feb 200475, BARCO AVENUE, PENRITH
Received 29 Aug 2002CROSS HOUSES FARM, LAMBRIGG
Received 11 Jun 1997Records 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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