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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,034 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 AT CARLETON, PENRITH, CA11 8TY
Received 16 Dec 2022NEWLANDS, 37 MILNTHORPE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5QG
Received 30 Dec 2003Meadow Cottage, Canal Bank, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QS
Received 15 Oct 2020BURTON ASH, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BD
Received 3 Mar 2022GRASSGILL HOUSE, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PT
Received 20 Jul 201515 SPINNEY LANE, ARNSIDE, CARNFORTH, LA5 0EP
Received 15 Nov 2011ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 3 Feb 2005Land behind Tanglewood High Street Morland Penrith CA10 3AS
Received 6 Oct 2026LAND AT MERRYVALE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 30 Apr 201921 LOUND STREET, KENDAL, LA9 7EA
Received 28 Feb 2006Driftwood Cottage and The Rabbit Run, Leythey Lane, Baycliff, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RR
Received 27 Jul 2023FARSHIELDS, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9RF
Received 23 Jul 2019WYCH ELM, MILNTHORPE ROAD, HOLME, LA6 1PX
Received 6 Dec 2005Barcaldine, Leighton Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BE
Received 6 Aug 20211-4 Cross Lane, Kendal, LA9 5LB
Received 19 Feb 2015Land near New Yeat Inn HESKET NEWMARKET CA7 8HS
Received 20 Aug 2024HAZEL GARTH, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AT
Received 17 Jul 2014Wasteland at the rear of 7 Whitton Terrace, Kendal, LA9 7DN
Received 8 Sept 20152 MINTSFEET ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6DE
Received 26 Jan 2012MELLGUARDS FARM, MELLGUARDS, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LE
Received 4 Apr 2014High Butterbent New Hutton KENDAL LA8 0AE
Received 12 Sept 2025Land adjacent to Millness Hall, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NS
Received 11 May 2018Farmers Arms, Main Street, Baycliff, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RP
Received 4 Dec 2019Harlock Farm, Pennington, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SA
Received 1 Aug 2016Records 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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