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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,053 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HEILIN CROFT, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BQ
Received 8 Jul 2016NOOK FARM, COLTHOUSE LANE, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SG
Received 22 Mar 2006West Plain Marsh, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 25 Jul 2022LAND AT SCALES, SCALES, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PE
Received 3 Apr 2012Waybend Cottage Stainton KENDAL Cumbria LA8 0LQ
Received 29 Apr 2024PEMBROKE FARM, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE
Received 18 Jul 2019The Hollies, New Barns Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA5 0BD
Received 24 Nov 2015WINTON PARK, APPLEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PG
Received 6 Dec 20129 Burlington Close, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria, LA17 7UG
Received 30 Mar 2023Barn to the south of Wood End Farm, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, Lnacashire
Received 29 May 2015Beechwood, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ND
Received 20 Oct 201741 Well Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BS
Received 12 Mar 2018SILLFIELD FARM, GATEBECK, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 8 Aug 2005MELMERBY HALL, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HB
Received 30 Oct 2014THE PINES, STOREY BANK, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 20 Dec 200439 Briarigg KENDAL LA9 6FA
Received 6 Jun 2024ESPLAND HILL FARM, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JR
Received 15 Mar 20183 Victoria Park, ULVERSTON, LA12 7TT
Received 3 Nov 2017Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, 1 Lowther Gardens, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7EX
Received 20 Feb 20136 TULIP GARDENS, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8BY
Received 31 Jan 2023Homebase, Beezon Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6EL
Received 25 May 2022Bayfield, Mowings Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DD
Received 22 Oct 202169 Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4ED
Received 1 Jul 2014CROSSFIELD FARM, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9NQ
Received 11 Mar 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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