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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND OFF WINDER LANE, FLOOKBURGH
Received 20 Jan 1997THE OLD RECTORY, DUFTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6DA
Received 24 Feb 202028 HOWE BANK CLOSE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 7PU
Received 4 Oct 2011CARR HOUSE, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 3 Apr 1990101 WINDERMERE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 5 Dec 2002SHEEP PENS ADJ TO HOWEBECK, MEABURN HILL, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3HR
Received 10 Jul 2006MILBURN HOUSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NW
Received 9 Aug 2012EDENSIDE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 16 Mar 20126 Stonecross Gardens, Kendal, LA9 5TB
Received 12 Aug 201421 Croft Close Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2FH
Received 18 Nov 2024MONKS HOUSE FARM, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NS
Received 8 May 201411 CHURCHFIELDS AVENUE, ULVERSTON
Received 9 Jul 199912, MARKET SQUARE, PENRITH
Received 10 Nov 1997Levens Hall, KENDAL, LA8 0PD
Received 9 Sept 2020BLENKET FARM, JACK HILL, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RL
Received 23 Feb 20122 BARKER CLOSE, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 19 Nov 2002GHYLL STYLE COTTAGE, KILLINGTON, SEDBERGH, LA10 5EH
Received 13 Jul 2005GATEBECK FARM, GATEBECK
Received 18 Aug 1999FIELD SOUTH OF PENDRAGON, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 12 Aug 1991ALLANDALE, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 25 Jun 1990RHENCULLEN, ASKEW GATE BROW, FOUR LANE ENDS, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA177TE
Received 18 Jun 2003FERNLEIGH, MAIN STREET, BARDSEA, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QL
Received 28 Jun 2013FOXGLOVES, SUNNY BANK, CARK-IN-CARTMEL
Received 17 Aug 1998Agricultural building at The Chapel, Whinfell, KENDAL, LA8 9EQ
Received 27 Aug 2019Records 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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