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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,998 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
EXCHANGE HOUSE, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PJ
Received 13 Jul 2015GREENGILL COTTAGE, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AX
Received 6 May 2005THE COACH HOUSE, EDEN GATE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PL
Received 15 May 2023Land at Raiselands Farm Penrith CA11 9NQ
Received 5 Mar 2024Juniper House, Natural England, Murley Moss Business Park Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7RL
Received 8 Sept 2016LEVENS HALL ESTATE, LEVENS HALL
Received 8 Jan 2001LP Electricicty Substation, Black Dyke Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HN
Received 17 Jun 2016TIRRIL HOUSE FARM BARNS AT, TIRRIL, PENRITH
Received 26 Sept 199924 BLUEBELL CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 31 Jul 200214 LOW BIGGINS, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 27 Mar 1998LAND TO THE REAR OF FERNDALE HOUSE, SCARROWS LANE, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 25 Mar 19962 Finley Close, KENDAL, LA9 6DW
Received 23 Oct 201821 QUEBEC STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 9AD
Received 30 Nov 2004Natwest, Queen Street, Ulverston, Cumbria Cumbria, LA12 7AX
Received 9 Dec 20144 Dalton Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AG
Received 30 Apr 2018Helsington Laithes Manor, Milnthorpe Road, Helsington, Kendal, LA9 5RJ
Received 31 Dec 2014Morecambe Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BL
Received 24 Oct 202227 Stonecross Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5HR
Received 23 Feb 2023UNIT ONE, ELEPHANT YARD, KENDAL
Received 15 Jun 1999BOWTHWAITE BRIDGE FARM, SELSIDE, KENDAL, LA8 9EE
Received 8 Dec 2011BROOKDENE, CROOKLANDS,MILLNESS, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NS
Received 2 May 200610 CHURCH FIELDS AVENUE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HE
Received 30 Nov 200462 - 64 Market Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LT
Received 12 Apr 20219 Langdale Crest, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JG
Received 22 Apr 2022Records 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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