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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,999 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holmescales Farm, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NB
Received 20 Mar 2019COACH HOUSE, BECKFOOT HALL, APPLEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PG
Received 31 Oct 20199A MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AY
Received 10 Feb 2005HIGH DYKE FARM, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BE
Received 17 Oct 2005Lowthian Gill Cotehill Carlisle CA4 0DB
Received 4 Dec 2025TRAVELODGE, M6 SOUTHWAITE MOTORWAY SERVICES AREA, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0NT
Received 20 Oct 2005WEDDING BARN, STREET HOUSE FARM, BOLTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6AY
Received 2 Feb 20154 GALLOPER PARK, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3SU
Received 1 Jun 2021SPRINGFIELD, MAIN STREET, HEVERSHAM
Received 2 May 2000BROOM CLOSE, SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL
Received 4 Mar 1997MEADOWSWEET BARN, BROUGHTON BECK, ULVERSTON
Received 28 Apr 2004CROSBY RAVENSWORTH METHODIST CHURCH, MAIN STREET, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH
Received 10 Dec 199716 COLLIN ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5HN
Received 13 Oct 2005LAND ADJACENT TO VIOL MOOR ROAD, RENWICK, PENRITH
Received 15 Mar 2006MOSS DYKE FARM, CARR BANK ROAD, ARNSIDE
Received 30 Jul 1998NETHER HOUSE FARM, OSMOTHERLEY
Received 9 Oct 2002WHITE GABLES, CLIFTON, PENRITH
Received 25 Jul 19892-3 Overburn ALSTON CA9 3SH
Received 5 May 2026THE NURSERIES, NATLAND, KENDAL
Received 19 Dec 1991LAND ADJACENT TO LOW CARLEY LODGE, CARLEY LANE, ULVERSTON
Received 29 Jan 2002LOW OUTWOOD, ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TX
Received 6 Oct 2017Former Idols Night Club, 1-7 Kent Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AT
Received 24 Jan 20185 WANSFELL DRIVE, KENDAL
Received 23 Jul 1998WHITEFRIARS, FORD PARK, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JP
Received 21 Aug 2013Records 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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