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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,983 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Orchard Nook, Hayclose Lane, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AG
Received 14 May 2019Beckwood, Gatebeck Road, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0HH
Received 10 Aug 2017109 AIKRIGG END HOUSE, KENDAL, LA9 6DZ
Received 14 May 2004ROKER, MAIN STREET, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 21 Jun 1990SKIRSGILL AUCTION MART, PENRITH
Received 30 Aug 20006 GHYLL CROFT, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QF
Received 3 Jun 201418 Castle Riggs KENDAL LA9 7BA
Received 4 Sept 2024SITE 7 MANOR COURT, KIRKBY STEPHEN, PENRITH
Received 14 Sept 199012 WELL INGS, KIRKBARROW, KENDAL
Received 31 Aug 2001Cark Manor, CARK-IN-CARTMEL, Cumbria, LA11 7PG
Received 3 Jan 2023LAND AT LOW HEVERSHAM HEAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ES
Received 6 Jul 2004HOLKER HALL, CARK IN CARTMEL, LA11 7PL
Received 18 Oct 2006LAUREL FARM, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 29 Feb 199612 Campfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PB
Received 4 Feb 2020Arnside Tower Farm Silverdale Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0SN
Received 1 Dec 2023Russell Cottage, Vicarage Lane, Dalton, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NN
Received 6 Jun 2023Former Duckys Park Farm caravan site, Moor Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LS
Received 23 Jan 20202 Town Head Cottages, Fell Lane, Old Town, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2ER
Received 5 Jul 2016LEAWOOD, ALLITHWAITE ROAD, CARTMEL
Received 30 Aug 2002BECK COTTAGE, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 31 May 2022CHAPEL HOUSE, GLASSONBY, PENRITH
Received 30 Nov 1999Prizet Filling Station Southbound, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AA
Received 2 Feb 2021SEDBERGH TRANSMITTER STATION, AIKRIGG, KILLINGTON, SEDBERGH
Received 5 Feb 2004MID TOWN HOUSE, GREAT URSWICK, ULVERSTON
Received 18 Jul 2002Records 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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