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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,968 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ROE HILL, HIGHBRIDGE, DALSTON, CARLISLE, CA5 7DR
Received 27 Apr 2012Norden, Windermere Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6EG
Received 15 Apr 20158 SERPENTINE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4PE
Received 6 Sept 2012WINTER TARN, NEWBY, CA10 3EW
Received 20 Oct 2020Biggins House, High Biggins, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2NP
Received 22 Mar 20178 Chestnut Close, Holme, Carnforth, LA6 1RX
Received 24 Oct 2014THE SUNLIGHT LAUNDRY, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6DQ
Received 15 Jul 2005Lound Cottage, Garden Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7ED
Received 10 Apr 2015Canalhead Service Station, Oubas Hill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LA
Received 28 Aug 2019THE OLD RECTORY, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DA
Received 18 May 202141 Rusland Park, KENDAL, LA9 6AJ
Received 24 Aug 2018QUEEN KATHERINE SCHOOL, APPLEBY ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6PJ
Received 31 Mar 2006Sun Hotel, Market Street, Ulverston, LA12 7AY
Received 15 May 2015CROFT HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 8 May 2012LANGWATHBY HALL, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 21 Dec 2018Barn at Walkers Cottage (YDNP), Grassriggs Lane, Killington, SEDBERGH, LA10 5EW
Received 23 Feb 20165 CROFT AVENUE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NR
Received 13 Oct 2017Ford Road, Rear of Unsworth Yard, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 31 May 2018Gastle Barn Murton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6ND
Received 9 Jan 2026ORMSIDE HALL, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EJ
Received 11 May 2022FORMER BBC CLUB, WEST LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7DL
Received 23 Feb 201724 Great Dockray PENRITH CA11 7DE
Received 22 Jun 202641 BIRKBECK GARDENS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4TH
Received 10 Jun 2022Cavendish Arms, Cavendish Street, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QA
Received 9 May 2022Records 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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