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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 14 Oct 1990FIELD ADJACENT TO THE POT PLACE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PA
Received 20 Dec 2018Outside 15 Birkbeck Close KENDAL LA9 7PW & Opposite 4 Curson Raise KENDAL LA9 7PN
Received 11 Sept 202523 Birkett Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LS
Received 25 May 2022REST HARROW, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 24 Jun 2011Land adjacent to 17 Gillinggate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4JB
Received 30 Jan 2013Deerslet Burton CARNFORTH LA6 1JG
Received 24 Jan 2025MUTTON HALL, HIGH BENDRIGG, KILLINGTON, RESERVOIR, LA8 0NW - OS GRID REF:, E358346/N4900812
Received 12 Apr 2002Beehive Business Park, Thomas Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NJ
Received 3 Oct 2018MILNTHORPE BOWLING CLUB, BEETHAM ROAD, MILNTHORPE
Received 6 Jan 1999THE INDIAN PRINCE, 48-50 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AJ
Received 12 May 20052 COCKELL HOUSE, PENRITH
Received 21 Jan 2000LAND AND BUILDINGS REAR OF, LAUREL HOUSE, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 6 Aug 1990HAULAGE DEPOT COOPER HOUSE FARM, STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 31 May 20014 Sea View, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7EX
Received 18 Dec 201225 Lyndhurst Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EG
Received 4 Dec 2017Lake District Estates Co Ltd, Maude Street, Kendal, LA9 4QD
Received 15 Jul 2015GREEN HOUSE, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 22 Feb 2000VICTORIA SQUARE, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CUMBRIA, CA9 3SL
Received 23 Dec 201410 Fulmar Drive, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7RN
Received 18 Feb 20152 Bank House Gardens, Back Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AH
Received 12 Feb 2020Little Guards, Guards Farm, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TU
Received 20 Jul 2021FIELD 8223 OFF DOBY LANE, SANDFORD, WARCOP, APPLEBY
Received 21 Jun 2006BLACKSYKES, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9PP
Received 30 Jun 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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