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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,034 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stonebank, Beachwood Close, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BE
Received 9 Mar 2023STREET HEAD FARM, LOW BRAITHWAITE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NG
Received 19 Apr 2023A B J Builders Ure Mill Old Hall Road ULVERSTON LA12 7DF
Received 7 Dec 2021KIRKHOUSE FARM, MILL LANE, MILBURN, CA10 1TJ
Received 26 Mar 20214 Woodland Road ULVERSTON LA12 0DX
Received 11 Jun 2025KIRKBY THORE SCHOOL, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UU
Received 20 Jun 2005HIGH BIGGARS BANK, SELSIDE, KENDAL, LA8 9EE
Received 21 Jun 2004PLOT 2, THE BEECHES ORCHARD, GREAT ORMSIDE, APPLEBY
Received 8 Aug 2005Box Tree House, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PR
Received 23 Jul 2020HOLIDAY LODGE AT HOLLIN HEAD, LITTLE MUSGRAVE
Received 1 Apr 20042 Beacon View, Grayrigg, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 9BT
Received 1 Mar 2016STAYNE GARTH, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 4 Aug 202334 Market Street, Ulverston, LA12 7LR
Received 24 Jun 2015Furnace Garage, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 22 Jan 2018GATEFOOT FARM, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3DU
Received 31 Oct 2017BARN ADJ VIRGINIA HOUSE, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BU
Received 8 Jul 2019LAND EAST OF B6412 & NORTH OF GALE HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 11 Dec 20201 City O Pinch Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1QP
Received 15 Jun 2026LAND ADJACENT CAR PARK, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 5 Jul 2018Land at Winder Moor, Willow Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LU
Received 7 Oct 202259 Rusland Park, KENDAL, LA9 6AJ
Received 4 May 2018James Cropper Plc, Burneside Mill, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6PZ
Received 4 Feb 2019BRIAR CROFT, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RS
Received 29 Apr 2022Dalton Old Hall Farmhouse, Burton in Kendal, LA6 1NJ
Received 4 Aug 2014Records 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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