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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MIN Y MOR, BOARBANK LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QR
Received 3 Jun 20041 ROWCLIFFE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7BH
Received 16 Sept 2020LAND OFF B6270, NATEBY COMMON, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JF
Received 24 Mar 202331 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4LT
Received 29 Feb 2012Kirkland Hall Kirkland KENDAL LA9 5AF
Received 14 Nov 202422 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 13 Feb 2019HOMEBARGAINS, , ROBERT VIRTUE BUILDING, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 15 Jun 20169 Burton Park, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1JB
Received 25 Jul 2016LAND TO NORTH OF MELGUARDS FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LE
Received 30 Jun 2020TALBOT COTTAGE, TIRRIL, PENRITH
Received 4 Nov 19967 Rose Hill Grove, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HR
Received 21 Jan 2020SEAWOOD HOUSE, CARTER ROAD/KENTSFORD ROAD, KENTS BANK, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AP
Received 19 Mar 200423 Templand Park Allithwaite Grange-over-sands Cumbria LA11 7QS
Received 22 Feb 2024BARN ADJACENT TO 10 SHAP ROAD, KENDAL
Received 26 Jun 1991LAND AT HILL TOP FARM, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 29 Mar 2005FORMER BURNESIDE POST OFFICE, CHURCH VIEW, BURNESIDE, LA9 6QT
Received 15 Sept 200513 Castle Riggs, KENDAL, LA9 7BA
Received 16 Dec 2015Sellett Estate Stables and Stud, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 23 Jan 2017BURNESIDE YOUTH CLUB, STATION YARD,, BURNESIDE
Received 13 Nov 2000BECKSIDE COTTAGE, ARRAD FOOT, ULVERSTON
Received 9 Apr 1997THE BUNGALOW, BRADLEY FOOT, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 11 Jul 2005FORMER CO-OP, GRANGE FELL ROAD, GRANGE
Received 16 Jul 1999Light Trees Barn North Stainmore KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4EX
Received 25 Jun 202521 BEETHAM ROAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QN
Received 11 Mar 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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