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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Part OS Field No 2984, NW of Beech House, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PP
Received 31 Jan 2018Land East of Alderwood Gardens Red Lane High Carley ULVERSTON LA12 0JZ
Received 14 Jul 2026LAND TO REAR OF LILACS, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AQ
Received 7 Aug 2014PLOT 4 PHASE 7, CARLETON HEIGHTS, PENRITH
Received 15 Aug 20023 SAWMILL CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 6JE
Received 21 Apr 200678 High Cragg Close, KENDAL, LA9 6HN
Received 1 May 2019Laurel Court, Stanley Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7FJ
Received 14 Jun 2021HOPE HEY, HAGGS LANE, CARTMEL, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6HD
Received 8 Feb 201222 Thirlmere Road, KENDAL, LA9 6LW
Received 23 Jul 2015Post Office, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QQ
Received 21 Apr 2017Helm Dene, Carr Bank Road, STORTH, LA7 7LB
Received 11 Oct 2017THIMBLE HILL, PARK VIEW, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QF
Received 13 Sept 2004BLOSSOM BARN, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 0JD
Received 10 Sept 2018LAND AT NEWBY HEAD FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 17 Jan 2022Ure Mill Old Hall Road ULVERSTON LA12 7DF
Received 3 Aug 202611 Thornfield Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7DR
Received 26 Mar 2025Kings Arms Hotel, King Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DZ
Received 2 Dec 2022Broom Close, Gatebeck Lane, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EQ
Received 21 Nov 20171 The Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DT
Received 6 Apr 20173 Princes Court Stainton PENRITH CA11 0EZ
Received 14 Feb 2024Land West of Oxenholme Road, Kendal, Cumbria
Received 30 May 2014HIGHFIELD HOUSE, BOLTON, APPLEBY
Received 23 Jun 2003274 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SL
Received 30 Jan 2017ORCHARD HOUSE, DUFTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6DF
Received 28 Jun 2017Records 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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