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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,992 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear of Captain French Health Centre, Chapel Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5LA
Received 22 May 2014Daniel Gray Hairdressing, Sand Aire House, Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4UA
Received 9 Jul 2013ST MICHAEL'S, BONGATE, APPLEBY
Received 7 Oct 1999Garage block, Boarbank Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QR
Received 14 Feb 2020BRAYSTONES, TOWN STREET, ULVERSTON, LA127EY
Received 13 Jun 2003ELM TREE FARM, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY
Received 11 Nov 1997REAR OF 22, MARGARETS WAY, APPLEBY
Received 14 Jun 200013 AIKRIGG AVENUE, KENDAL
Received 6 Jul 2001111 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 2 Aug 2004FERN LEA, 51 KENDAL GREEN, KENDAL, LA9 5PT
Received 13 Jun 20066 NEW ROAD, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 9 May 2003ELECTRICITY SUB STATION 35M BRITISH GYPSUM LTD, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XU
Received 22 Nov 2017LAND ADJACENT TO BANKFOOT FARM, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AP
Received 21 Dec 2017MILLRIGG, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 20 Sept 199928, THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH
Received 6 Jul 199928 Kendal Green, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5PN
Received 12 Feb 2015THE GREENS, RAUGHTON HEAD, CARLISLE, CA5 7DH
Received 10 Aug 2023HIGH COPPICE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 8BN
Received 3 Mar 20064 Friary Fields APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6UT
Received 13 Aug 20241 LEA CROFT, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JJ
Received 18 Jul 2013SITE NO 2626, COLBY LANE, APPLEBY
Received 1 Sept 2000TRINITY HOUSE HOTEL, PRINCE'S STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 17 Sept 19961 THE SQUARE, SANDFORD, APPLEBY, CA16 6NR
Received 17 Oct 2019PART FIELD NO 6700, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 30 Nov 1989Records 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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