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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ringing Stones, Levens Lane, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NQ
Received 7 Feb 2019LAND AT ANN STREET, KENDAL, LA9 6AA
Received 26 Jul 2013WELL COTTAGE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 9 Sept 2022PART FIELD 0025 ADJACENT FAIR VIEW, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 11 Feb 199767 Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 4RZ
Received 13 Apr 201725 PLANTATION AVENUE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0HU
Received 4 Oct 2006TOWNHEAD FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 15 Mar 2017Thrushwood, Locker Lane, ALLITHWAITE, LA11 7QT
Received 24 Nov 201643 Lowther Street Penrith CA11 7UQ
Received 31 Jul 2026KENDAL SKI CLUB, CANAL HEAD NORTH, KENDAL, LA9 7BY
Received 17 Jul 201318 King Street, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7DZ
Received 22 Jul 2015FIELD NORTH OF THORN GATE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BU
Received 26 Oct 2021ECCLERIGGS COTTAGE, ECCLE RIGGS LANE,, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Received 18 Feb 2002BARN AT THE GRANNARY, SCALES FOLD, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JE
Received 4 Jan 201320 KENDAL PARKS CRESCENT, KENDAL, LA9 7NH
Received 7 Sept 201213 WHITE STILES, KENDAL, LA9 6DJ
Received 10 Jul 2006NETHERGILL, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY, CA16 6EX
Received 16 Apr 2013High Field Tirril PENRITH CA10 2LG
Received 16 Mar 2023MIDLAND BANK, MAIN STREET, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 8 Apr 199851 MUSGRAVE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9AS
Received 4 Jun 2021PLOT NO 6 STATION ROAD, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 16 May 19901 Low Fell Barns Access Road To Wyndhammere From The B6254 Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2QB
Received 20 Oct 2026122 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 20 Mar 2018HOLLINGARTH, QUEENS ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4PH
Received 30 Aug 2013Records 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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