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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,899 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WHITEHOUSE FARM, HIGH STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SH
Received 11 Aug 202012 Farleton View, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QU
Received 20 Jun 2017High Park Caravan Park, KENDAL, LA9 7RD
Received 14 Mar 2017COMRIE LEA, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1ST
Received 23 Jun 201617 Fountain Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EQ
Received 4 Sept 201824 Briery Bank, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0DY
Received 9 Aug 2023Station House Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0JR
Received 21 Jul 2026WHEATSHEAF COTTAGE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NP
Received 17 Feb 20051 Underley Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5EU
Received 20 May 2021BYEBECK, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3SZ
Received 2 Nov 202210 Ashmount Gardens, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6DN
Received 13 Jun 2016Flats at Crossfield Court, Crossfield House, Redhills Road, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0AT
Received 23 Apr 2013Hartland House, Beetham Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QW
Received 4 Apr 201628 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QW
Received 10 Jan 2022THE WORKSHOP - HARVEYSIDE, SOUTH DYKE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LL
Received 5 Sept 2013Underwood, 36 Leighton Beck Road, Slack Head, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AX
Received 30 Sept 2022SIR JOHN BARROW SCHOOL, ARGYLE STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BD
Received 23 Jan 2006SCHOOL HOUSE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LS
Received 5 Apr 2012HILL FARM, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3HF
Received 27 May 2015Lingwood Park Cartmel Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QA
Received 11 Feb 2026Templand Cottage, Cartmel Road, Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7QZ
Received 14 Jul 2014NEWBY COTTAGE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 28 Nov 2005BROOK FARM, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 17 Apr 2019WILDTHORP COTTAGE, LITTLE ASBY, APPLEBY, CA16 6QE
Received 18 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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