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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,999 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TYBRO, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EB
Received 25 Jun 2012CASTLE GARTH, MUSGRAVE LANE, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 13 Nov 199619 FAIRBANK, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BD
Received 19 Jan 200610 PLANTATION AVENUE, ARNSIDE
Received 29 Jul 2002WHITE STONE, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 23 Jul 1996SEFTON HOUSE HOTEL 34 QUEEN STREET, ULVERSTON, LA127AF
Received 6 Oct 20032-8,10-16,18-24,34-40,42-48 BUTTERYWELL, LANE AND 1-4,5-8,9-12,13-16,17-20, CAPPER CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 22 Apr 1991ASDA STORES LTD, BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 7JA
Received 30 Sept 2011Ashmeadow Woodland, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0AD
Received 11 Oct 20169 Park Close, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QE
Received 11 May 2020OS FIELD 9862, NETHER HALL FARM, MANSERGH
Received 4 Dec 1997LAND TO THE WEST OF GILL HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 11 Jun 1996THRINGILL, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 19 Nov 1990TOWN HALL, KENDAL.
Received 19 May 199811 MEADOWSIDE, TRINKELD, SWARTHMOOR
Received 16 Mar 1998Shoreside Development Adjacent Whernside Kents Bank Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7DT
Received 18 Aug 2025132 Highgate, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4HE
Received 15 Jun 2015LAND ADJACENT TO 144 LINGMOOR RISE, HERON HILL, KENDAL, LA9 7NU
Received 20 Aug 2004Achray, Charney Well Lane, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6DB
Received 25 Jun 201327-29 WOOLPACK YARD, KENDAL
Received 22 Mar 1999GEORGE HOTEL, DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7SU
Received 8 May 2019Bortree Stile, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7PB
Received 15 Nov 20226 STAINTON COURT, STAINTON
Received 21 Aug 2002198 BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6EB
Received 14 Sept 2004Records 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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