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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XF
Received 9 Jul 2020Bell Hall Cottage, Soutergate, ULVERSTON, LA17 7TW
Received 5 Apr 2017HIGH HEAD CASTLE FARM, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PJ
Received 22 Jun 20203 Berriedale Terrace GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6ER
Received 27 Dec 2023HOLME PARK FARM, BURTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PA
Received 10 Aug 2012GRENFELL HOUSE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HL
Received 23 Apr 2021LAND ADJACENT TO THE ORCHARD, NATLAND, KENDAL, LA9 7QQ
Received 29 Oct 200439 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PE
Received 3 May 2018KIRKSIDE, PARK LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3AB
Received 26 Oct 202026 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 24 Jan 2022Grange over Sands Fire Station, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BE
Received 20 Apr 2022Low Grounds Plumpton PENRITH CA11 9NS
Received 31 Jan 202448 Central Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9JN
Received 21 Dec 2018Land around Alston ALSTON
Received 7 Oct 2025PENNINE VIEW, CHURCH BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EW
Received 15 Jun 2018THORPE STABLE BARN, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2LL
Received 19 May 202331 CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 23 Sept 2016Land between Penny Bridge C of E School and St Mary's Church, Penny Bridge, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7RQ
Received 2 Sept 20139 Ferney Green, KENDAL, LA9 4SW
Received 24 Aug 2017Beckside Cottage, Beckside, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SP
Received 13 Jul 2018Raysholme, Oxenholme Road, KENDAL, LA9 7HG
Received 25 Jan 201959 Musgrave Street Penrith CA11 9AS
Received 19 Mar 2024Land North of Sycamore Close Endmoor KENDAL
Received 8 Dec 20234 Mount Street, KENDAL, LA9 4LB
Received 15 Jul 2020Records 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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