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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,992 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sandgate Caravan Park, Flookburgh, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7LD
Received 14 May 2015Opposite Gilkes Ltd on Little Aynam, KENDAL
Received 5 Nov 2021George And Dragon 42 Branthwaite Brow Kendal LA9 4TX
Received 4 Jun 2024Hazelslack Tower Farm, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LG
Received 15 Dec 2020High Mill Factory Factory Lane The Butts Alston CA9 3HS
Received 21 Dec 202343 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PE
Received 12 Feb 2019APPLEBY MANOR COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL, ROMAN ROAD, APPLEBY, CA16 6JB
Received 18 Sept 2014BEETHAM C OF E SCHOOL, STANLEY STREET, BEETHAM, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AS
Received 24 May 2013HOME GARTH, SLEAGILL HEAD, SLEAGILL, PENRITH
Received 12 Mar 19971 CASTLE GARDENS, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TH
Received 23 Sept 2013THE GLEBE FIELD, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIKRBY STEPHEN
Received 25 Sept 2002SUNRISE COTTAGE, KENTS BANK ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EY
Received 23 Jan 2006LAND AJACENT TO HARBERRY, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JL
Received 3 Nov 20212 THE BOULEVARD, WINDERMERE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 22 Jan 1997KIRKBARROW LANE, KENDAL
Received 29 Sept 2000Grange over Sands Library, Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BQ
Received 2 May 20185, MARKET SQUARE, PENRITH
Received 10 Apr 20002 Lynnside, Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 28 Mar 2018CASTLE GREEN HOTEL, KENDAL
Received 17 Mar 199913, NEWLANDS TERRACE, PENRITH
Received 13 Apr 1999DIAMOND BUILDINGS, PENNINGTON LANE, LINDAL-IN-FURNESS, CUMBRIA
Received 6 Oct 2006HILL CREST, GREAT URSWICK
Received 12 Jun 1990The Farmers, 2 Market Place, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BA
Received 10 Oct 2017CHURCHYARD, ST LAURENCE CHURCH, MORLAND, PENRITH
Received 22 Dec 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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