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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,992 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
YANWATH GATE INN, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 14 Aug 200652 KENDAL GREEN, KENDAL
Received 18 Nov 1997ULVERSTON GOLF CLUB LTD, BARDSEA PARK,, ULVERSTON
Received 21 May 1999LOW FURNESS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHURCH ROAD, GREAT URSWICK, ULVERSTON, LA12 0TA
Received 17 Jun 20131 Garth Heads Cottage, KENDAL, LA9 4JL
Received 15 May 2017Flats 2, 3 and 5 Printers Croft, Entry Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4DJ
Received 2 Jun 2017Garnett Fields, Skelsmergh, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9AS
Received 18 May 2016145 WINDERMERE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 13 Nov 1997Garages off Blea Tarn Road, KENDAL, LA9 7NA
Received 25 Oct 2021POPLIN DUB, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UT
Received 8 Aug 2005BURTON SERVICES, M6, CARNFORTH
Received 6 Dec 2001FORMER EDEN OSTRICH WORLD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 16 Oct 2012UNIT 5, 4 MAIN STREET, THE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE
Received 3 Nov 1998WHITE GABLES, WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 8 Feb 2023BRIDGE HOUSE,THE WEINT/BUXTON PLACE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7TP
Received 17 Dec 2003RAKE BECK WOOD, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 30 Aug 2002HAZEL GILL FARM, MALLERSTANG, CA17 4JX
Received 20 Jun 2016BARN AT ANGERTON, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Received 31 Oct 1989HINCASTER HALL, HINCASTER
Received 10 Oct 2000SAND PIPERS, CROOK WHEEL, CARK
Received 13 Aug 2001JENNINGS TERRACE & BISHOPS COURT, WATERSIDE, KENDAL, LA9 4ET
Received 25 Jun 2003LAND ADJACENT TO PROSPECT HOUSE, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BU
Received 14 Sept 2017Helmwinds Culgaith PENRITH CA10 1QT
Received 5 Jan 2024BROOK HOUSE, STAINTON, KENDAL, LA8 0DX
Received 28 Jul 2003Records 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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