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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,983 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 GILLINGGATE, KENDAL
Received 14 Sept 1989FORMER STOKERS GARAGE, KIRKLAND, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 5AF
Received 14 Dec 2011Laneside Farm, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA9 6NX
Received 7 May 2019LAND BEHIND THE COTTAGE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JT
Received 12 Sept 201738 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AJ
Received 21 Aug 2024WHIN COTTAGE, NEWBIGGIN ON LUNE
Received 31 Aug 19993 STAINTON COURT, STAINTON
Received 21 May 1999THE COACH HOUSE, CASTERTON, LA6 2RX
Received 22 Jul 201135 The Promenade, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HA
Received 12 Aug 2022Warcop C Of E School Warcop Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6NX
Received 15 May 2026Sunrise, Hardcragg Way, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BH
Received 13 Aug 2019OAKDENE, BROOM CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 6BN
Received 16 Oct 2012Land at the Sidings Tebay Penrith CA10 3XR
Received 8 Jan 2026PANT END, LUPTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 14 Apr 2004LAND ADJACENT TO 3 OAKWOOD CREST, ULVERSTON
Received 4 Oct 2002OLD HALL FARM, STAFFIELD, PENRITH
Received 4 Apr 19911 DERWENT CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 9GP
Received 21 Jun 2006YEW TREE HOUSE, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 4 Dec 200319 HAYCLOSE CRESCENT, KENDAL, LA9 7NT
Received 11 Aug 20031 DEER PARK BARN, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NP
Received 14 Aug 2013LONGRIGG SERVICE STATION,, LITTLE URSWICK, ULVERSTON
Received 22 May 2000CARTER HOUSE, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NP
Received 22 May 2006BEDFORD HOUSE, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 26 Jun 2016GREENFIELD HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 6 Feb 2015Records 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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