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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,675 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
CALF CLOSE, HOFF, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TD
Received 17 Oct 201154 STRAMONGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4BD
Received 30 May 20122 Hawthorn Terrace, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HA
Received 3 Apr 2023Land to north of Hill Farm, Cartmel, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7SS
Received 8 Jan 201615 Castle Park KENDAL LA9 7AX
Received 27 Jan 2025FELLSIDE COTTAGE, LITTLE ASBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QE
Received 15 Jun 2015WELLFIELD FARM HOUSE, APPLEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PE
Received 6 Oct 20201 OAKBANK, OAKBANK FARMHOUSE, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JD
Received 29 Jul 2020Riverview, Beezon Fields, KENDAL, LA9 6BL
Received 20 Aug 2021Fieldhead Farm Bungalow, Field Head, Flookburgh, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7LN
Received 29 Feb 20167 WATTSFIELD ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 5JH
Received 26 Oct 2011The Coach House, Ford Park House,, Ford Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JP
Received 18 Sept 2018KINGS HEAD HOTEL, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NH
Received 10 Jul 2014Graythwaite Manor, Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JE
Received 20 Oct 2021Land to the rear of 53 Carter Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AG
Received 17 Jun 2021St Mary's Parish Church, Boarbank Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7QR
Received 3 Dec 2018School House Skirwith PENRITH CA10 1RQ
Received 28 Sept 2026Unit 1 Offices 141 Highgate KENDAL LA9 4EN
Received 18 Dec 2025Barn to the South of Woodend Farm, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH
Received 29 May 2015THOMPSONS BOARD MILL, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NJ
Received 18 Dec 2019APPLEBY GUIDE HUT, HOLME STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QT
Received 25 Mar 2021Rowanburn Ainstable CARLISLE CA4 9PZ
Received 4 Oct 2024Land North of Laurel Gardens, KENDAL, LA9 6FE
Received 16 May 2023College Green Farm, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EZ
Received 22 Nov 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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