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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,890 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TOWN BECK, THE GILL, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7BN
Received 25 Jun 2012Dean Gibson R C School, Hawesmead Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5HB
Received 19 Feb 2019LAND ADJACENT 'FIVE OAKS', MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 9 Aug 2017Scout Hill, Near Beck Lane, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 8 Mar 2022LAND TO THE NORTHWEST OF CALTHWAITE, SCEUGHDYKES, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QX
Received 23 Mar 2023FAILTE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 16 Apr 2012Flosh Fields, Scales, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PF
Received 5 Jun 2019OS Field No 3037, North of Allithwaite Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7EP
Received 1 Apr 2019Broxty House Kaber Kirkby Stephen CA17 4ER
Received 19 May 2025Land near Lambeck Farm Skelton PENRITH CA11 9SH
Received 19 Aug 2024BARN AT BLEAFLATT LANE, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NL
Received 23 Nov 2015TOWN HEAD FARM, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 30 Sept 20193 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 12 Jan 2016Land around Soulby Kirkby Stephen
Received 29 Sept 202537 SCATTERGATE CRESCENT, APPLEBY, CA16 6SR
Received 16 Jun 2006Land South West of Newlands HESKET NEWMARKET Wigton CA7 8JG
Received 19 Aug 2024Parkhead Farm, Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6PG
Received 25 Mar 2019WAYSIDE, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AF
Received 6 Apr 2023Grange Hotel, Station Square, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6EJ
Received 19 Oct 2015Garden of 49 Priory Lane, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7BH
Received 4 Apr 2014Manjushri KMC, Conishead Priory, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QQ
Received 4 Jul 2018BRAITHWAITE SHIELDS, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NG
Received 3 Oct 2005BLUNDERFIELD EAST, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EX
Received 4 Dec 2019103 PENNY HILL PARK, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9JW
Received 10 Dec 2012Records 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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