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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,687 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to the north west of Saughall, Rosside, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NR
Received 17 Jul 2023RAVEN CRAG, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 0DE
Received 27 Jun 2012OLD COTTAGE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NX
Received 20 Dec 20216 Nethercroft, Lowgate, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8LU
Received 7 Jun 2022Land North of Union Close, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BY
Received 16 May 2022THORNHILL, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BU
Received 22 Sept 2021KIRKBY STEPHEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HA
Received 16 Mar 2012HOMEBARGAINS, ROBERT VIRTUE BUILDING, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 13 Sept 2016Land south of Newbigging Lane Newbiggin CARNFORTH LA6 2PN
Received 7 Aug 2025Land at Lunesdale, Natland Road, Sedgwick, Kendal, LA8 0JN
Received 10 Mar 2015Tynehead House Garrigill Alston CA9 3HF
Received 19 Jan 2026Cambridge House, Ashmeadow Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AE
Received 23 Oct 20208 OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7NJ
Received 21 Feb 2006Town Close Cottage Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9NA
Received 7 Jul 2026LAND AT CHRISTIAN HEAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HA
Received 18 Dec 2019Fernhill, 7 Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 15 Aug 2023Cressbrook, Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HW
Received 27 May 2020THE BOTHY, HIGH BRIDGE, DALSTON, CARLISLE, CA5 7DR
Received 15 May 201244A WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 29 Oct 2014PLOT 29 COOPERS CLOSE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0JH
Received 11 Nov 2019Car Park Ford Park ULVERSTON LA12 7JP
Received 7 Feb 2024THORN DYKES, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TL
Received 1 Jun 2016Arrad Foot Limousin Plumpton Newland ULVERSTON LA12 7SH
Received 30 Aug 202423 Barn Holme, KENDAL, LA9 5LP
Received 6 Oct 2016Records 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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