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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,845 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Fulmar Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7RN
Received 2 Apr 2019NEWTON GARTH, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DZ
Received 12 Nov 2019Derwen Cottage, Charney Road, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6BP
Received 23 Feb 2015STAINTON VILLAGE HALL, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 12 Dec 2014Road from Thorngate to West View Southwaite Road Low Hesket CARLISLE CA4 0ES
Received 6 Aug 2024INGLENOOK COTTAGE, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UB
Received 24 Feb 2021Sunny Howe, Windermere Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6EG
Received 3 Nov 2016Eamont Bridge Farm Eamont Bridge Penrith CA10 2BH
Received 27 Jun 2025HALL MORE CARAVAN PARK, HALE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BP
Received 14 Mar 2012Garden of Rose Villa, Hale, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7BL
Received 2 Nov 201521 Underley Hill Kendal LA9 5EX
Received 22 Sept 2025Land Between the Railway and Moorside Cottages Yanwath PENRITH CA10 2LE
Received 12 Jun 2026MILBURN HOUSE, BOWSCAR ROAD, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9NW
Received 18 Jun 201522 BOARBANK ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PG
Received 5 Oct 2006Benson View Works, Fell View Trading Park, KENDAL, LA9 6NZ
Received 26 Jun 2019ROCK HOUSE FARM, ROOSEBECK, COAST ROAD, LA12 0RF
Received 26 Aug 2005EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SITE AT NEW HALL FARM, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JD
Received 4 Aug 2014Oakfields Yanwath PENRITH CA10 2LA
Received 22 Apr 20261 Priory Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BH
Received 21 Mar 2023Near to Swallows Rest Goadsbarrow ULVERSTON LA12 0RE
Received 30 Sept 2026Brow Foot Heights APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6EP
Received 16 Jan 2026BLACKSMITHS COTTAGE, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JQ
Received 16 Jan 202334 Kennedy Place Daltongate ULVERSTON LA12 7FX
Received 8 Apr 2025FORMER CHURCH, CHURCH STREET, ALLITHWAITE, LA11 7QQ
Received 16 Aug 2005Records 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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