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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,968 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
LAND SOUTH OF HIGHFIELD LODGE, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UE
Received 21 Sept 2021Nearbeck, Rake Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 0HB
Received 8 Nov 2021Land adj Fair Bank Graham Street Penrith CA11 9LE
Received 15 Jul 2025MAGGIE PUDDLE COTTAGE, HAGGS LANE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PH
Received 3 Jun 2004Corner House North Dykes Great Salkeld PENRITH CA11 9ND
Received 18 Dec 202445 HIGHGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4ED
Received 28 Jun 200622 Rusland Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LX
Received 11 Jul 2019Barn Hey Farm, Flookburgh Road, ALLITHWAITE, LA11 7RJ
Received 25 Oct 2017LAND AT CARLETON, PENRITH
Received 21 Dec 2020THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, MUSGRAVE HOUSE, MIDDLEGATE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7PG
Received 2 Sept 2013Avenue Cottage, 12 Beech Bank, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EZ
Received 3 Apr 201758 Burneside Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4RL
Received 30 Oct 20154 Nutwood Crescent, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6EZ
Received 23 Apr 20186 CHESTNUT WAY, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RB
Received 10 Jun 2005Sunny Bank, Clawthorpe, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NT
Received 15 Mar 2017Holmewood Low Fellside KENDAL LA9 4PB
Received 28 Nov 2023Thompson Fold, Lupton, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2PP
Received 14 Jan 2015CATON LANE HOUSE, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NZ
Received 13 Oct 2004Sycamore Lodge, Pennington Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SE
Received 19 Apr 202365 Rinkfield, KENDAL, LA9 7LP
Received 25 Feb 2021Outside Cole Autobody Repairs Morecambe Road ULVERSTON LA12 0BH
Received 5 Jul 2024Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 5 Jul 202197 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6BE
Received 7 Feb 2018Trinity Court, New Church Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NH
Received 30 Nov 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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