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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,696 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Nettleslack Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PN
Received 8 Jul 2019Mount Pleasant Hunsonby Penrith CA10 1PN
Received 19 Jul 2023154 Vicarage Drive, KENDAL, LA9 5BX
Received 1 Oct 2019Parkside, Back Lane, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BL
Received 28 Aug 2018BARN AT BLACK YEATS FARM, PRESTON PATRICK, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PE
Received 11 May 2006HIGHWAYS, STATION ROAD, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AE
Received 12 Dec 2019MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT LTD, PENRITH TRAIN STATION, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7JQ
Received 27 Nov 2015HOLLY BECK HOUSE, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JH
Received 4 Mar 2015Unit 52 Gilwilly Road Gilwilly Industrial Estate Penrith CA11 9BA
Received 18 Sept 202513 The Green, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NH
Received 17 Feb 2017Daisy Hill, Great Urswick, Ulverston, Cumbria, lA12 0ST
Received 1 Dec 2015Low Park Alston CA9 3BD
Received 23 Sept 2025Outside 3 Saul Gardens, Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AT
Received 2 Mar 2023SITE HOLMSFOOT, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LS
Received 18 Jun 2012LAND TO THE NORTH OF HACKTHORPE HALL, HACKTHORPE HALL, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HW
Received 28 Jul 2014Ulverston Sports Club, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9HT
Received 27 Jun 2022Green Head, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BP
Received 4 May 2023Land opposite Low Fell Farm, southeast of Low Fell Gate Caravan Site, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EG
Received 29 Nov 2022VILLAGE HALL, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HD
Received 23 Feb 20211 Burton Park, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1JB
Received 3 Mar 2022TOWN HEAD, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3BP
Received 23 Nov 2011Roe Cottage Greystoke PENRITH CA11 0TJ
Received 29 Apr 2024Land northwest of Three Mile House Killington CARNFORTH
Received 22 Sept 2025DERWEN COTTAGE ,CHARNEY ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BP
Received 3 Apr 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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