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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,817 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Hawthorns, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QL
Received 1 Mar 20219A Coach House, Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 7 Jun 201962 Hillswood Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5BT
Received 16 Mar 2021LAND OFF A6 NEAR MILESTONE HOUSE, PENRITH
Received 17 May 2005LOW HALL FARM, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TR
Received 20 Feb 2006IVY HOUSE, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 15 Aug 2012The Lodge Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 1SB
Received 8 May 2026ROUNDTHWAITE ABBEY, ROUNDTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA10 3XU
Received 14 Jun 2013Field north of former Copper Dog, Leece, ULVERSTON
Received 30 Jun 2023UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA, NEWTON RIGG CAMPUS, NEWTON RIGG, PENRITH, CA11 0AH
Received 25 Jun 2014HOPESHILL, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3TH
Received 25 Jan 200619 Hillcrest Drive Slackhead MILNTHORPE LA7 7BB
Received 23 Jan 202555 CLIFFORD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8PS
Received 28 Jan 2013Burns Beck Moss SSSI Nature Reserve Killington CARNFORTH LA6 2HB
Received 9 Oct 2024Laisbys, Wilkinsons Joinery and Caravan Store, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LS
Received 9 Jan 2020Oakfield House, Grizebeck, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XH
Received 28 Oct 2022Morecambe Villa, Star Street, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 7BY
Received 12 Sept 2014PARK HOUSE FARM, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BY
Received 25 Jan 2006Guides Farm, Cart Lane, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7AF
Received 10 Mar 2015Land to rear of 95 Highgate KENDAL LA9 4EN
Received 28 Feb 20247 Braddyll Terrace, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DH
Received 7 Mar 2017OLD MILL HOUSE, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HY
Received 4 Oct 2022Dashatgate, 11 Thornfield Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7DR
Received 5 Apr 2016Brown Robin Cottages,, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EU
Received 1 Oct 2018Records 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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