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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,058 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 King Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DZ
Received 9 Jul 20203 PARK VIEW, CARTMEL, LA11 6QF
Received 31 Oct 2006ORCHARD COTTAGE, DUKE STREET, HOLME, LA6 1PY
Received 27 Oct 20041 Rydal Road, KENDAL, LA9 6LD
Received 26 Oct 202313 DOOMGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RB
Received 14 Feb 2022Peartree Bank, 31-33 Entry Lane, Kendal, LA9 4NQ
Received 12 May 201428 Oversands View GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BW
Received 3 Aug 2026THE GARTH, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CUMBRIA, CA17 4JP
Received 1 Nov 2011MIDDLE SKELGILL, ALSTON, CUMBRIA
Received 27 Mar 201241 Empsom Road, KENDAL, LA9 5PR
Received 14 Jun 2021BRYNGARTH, CHARNEY ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BP
Received 6 Aug 2004Petteril Cottage Greystoke Gill Greystoke Penrith CA11 0UQ
Received 9 Mar 20263 Fellside Court, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6BY
Received 4 Apr 2016LAND ADJACENT TO LANGWELL, ALLITHWAITE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EH
Received 29 Jun 2005Hollybank Farm Laithes Penrith CA11 0AN
Received 31 Jan 2025CLAIRMONT, TOWNHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SL
Received 21 Apr 201730 OAK TREE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6AN
Received 20 Mar 2013South View Plumpton PENRITH CA11 9NS
Received 23 Apr 2026Rose Grove Derwent House Fernleigh Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7HT
Received 11 Jul 2025PENNINE VIEW CARAVAN PARK, STATION ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SZ
Received 3 May 201849 PENNY HILL PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9JW
Received 19 Dec 202254 BEECH DRIVE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EU
Received 7 Feb 2006HUTTON HOUSE, MAIN STREET, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, CUMBRIA, LA116DP
Received 28 Feb 2005LAND AT GLOUCESTER YARD, PENRITH
Received 22 Jun 2020Records 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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