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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,854 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT 2B BROUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DS
Received 22 Sept 202335 Horncop Lane, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4SR
Received 4 Mar 2016Jerusalem Farm Colby Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6BB
Received 7 Aug 2024FALLOWFIELD, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 1 Apr 202114 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AE
Received 3 Jan 2013BARN AT HIGH GALLIGILL, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LW
Received 14 Aug 2023High Haverflatts Farm, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7DG
Received 19 Dec 2014MOUNT PLEASANT, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7SD
Received 14 Oct 2020Ford Park, The Coach House Café, Ford Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JP
Received 7 Nov 201983 Stricklandgate KENDAL LA9 4RA
Received 12 Mar 2026Cotescue Stainton Penrith CA11 0EB
Received 9 Jul 20262 PRIMROSE COURT, ORTON ROAD, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3TR
Received 2 Nov 2021Townend Farm, Farleton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PB
Received 8 Sept 2015Kendal Nutricare Ltd, Mint Bridge Road, Lake District Bus Park, KENDAL, LA9 6NL
Received 10 Jun 2022Outside rear of Holker Hall Holker Cark-in-cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7PL
Received 26 Nov 2025DALE MILL HOUSE, DALE MILL, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9RG
Received 8 Jan 2019WAITBY SIDINGS, WAITBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HH
Received 11 Aug 2014WORDSWORTH TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 9EP
Received 22 Aug 2012Seahaven, Park Road, Sandside, Arnside, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA7 7HW
Received 20 Feb 2016Woodside Cottage 135 Silverdale Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0ER
Received 23 Nov 20233 Spital View, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4NX
Received 25 Jul 2014OLD COLTSBLADE STABLE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9PF
Received 13 Feb 201822 Birchwood Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PS
Received 25 Jun 2018WOODBINE COTTAGE, BLACK DYKE ROAD, ARNSIDE, LA5 0JA
Received 13 Sept 2006Records 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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