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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,998 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TAYLOR AND BRAITHWAITE LTD, DYKE NOOK, SANFORD, APPLEBY, CA16 6NS
Received 6 Jan 2006Flat 1 Tankerfield Church Hill Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0HA
Received 24 Mar 20262 Church View, Church Road, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RF
Received 31 Jan 2022Angel Yard, Yard 39 Tanners Yard, Yards 57, 77 and 153, KENDAL
Received 19 Dec 2014Rossill Bridge Cottage Selside KENDAL LA8 9EW
Received 4 Jun 2026THE MOORS, SANDSIDE, KIRKBY in FURNESS, LA17 7UB
Received 22 Oct 2012The Greenacres Blencarn Penrith CA10 1TX
Received 17 Apr 2026LAND AT 2 RIVERBANK ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5JS
Received 1 Mar 2006LINDENS, PARKSIDE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 18 Sept 2000Stone barn to the south of Wood End Farmhouse, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 16 Oct 2018Land West of Sedgwick Road, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7FJ
Received 1 Sept 2022ROTHERHOPE FARM, LEADGATE, ALSTON
Received 27 Jan 2000LAND ADJACENT RITTSON HOUSE, SKIRSGILL LANE, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BQ
Received 22 Aug 2017DILLICAR KNOTTS, LOWGILL, KENDAL, LA8 9BG
Received 12 Aug 20044 DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9EP
Received 17 Jan 2012BARN AT LAITHES, LAITHES, PENRITH
Received 6 Aug 2014Sunny Bank Farm, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BU
Received 7 Nov 2017THE ANVILS, ROUNDTHORN, PENRITH
Received 14 Oct 1991CUMBERLAND HOTEL, TOWNFOOT, ALSTON, CA9 3HX
Received 1 Dec 2003MIDDLE FELL GATE FARM, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 14 Jun 1999Holme Bank Farm, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PH
Received 2 Feb 202113 PARKLANDS WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8SD
Received 13 Apr 200622, JUNIPER WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8UF
Received 5 Apr 2004GROUND FLOOR TERRACE COTTAGE, HUTTON IN THE FOREST, PENRITH
Received 15 Aug 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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