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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2WY
Received 9 Feb 2022MERLEWOOD H P B, WINDERMERE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6JT
Received 21 Mar 2013LOW DUBBS, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NB
Received 20 Dec 2011PLOT 17 COWPER ROAD, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9BD
Received 16 Dec 2011Cornmillers Cottage, BURTON-IN-KENDAL, LA6 1JG
Received 10 May 201828 MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QW
Received 14 Apr 2022FIELD NO. NY6005-8514, LOUPFELL FARM, TEBAY
Received 29 Jan 2004Low Flan Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 12 Jan 2022WYTHBURN, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HU
Received 24 Jan 2017Bees Nest Farm, Casterton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2SF
Received 19 May 2016STRICKLAND ARMS, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 1 Aug 2022COTTAGE & BARNS AT SALTCOTES HALL, ARNSIDE
Received 7 May 2003LAND TO REAR OF CROWN INN, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NL
Received 24 Feb 20059 BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7LJ
Received 14 Apr 20042 BARBARA PLAINS, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SR
Received 7 Jul 2014FORMER EXTERNAL STORAGE YARD BEHIND 14, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 2 May 2003Land adj High Garth Meadows Ivegill Carlisle CA4 0PA
Received 15 Apr 2024Land at Loppergarth, Pennington, Ulverston, LA12 0JW
Received 7 Oct 20151 THIRLMERE PARK, PENRITH, CA11 8QS
Received 16 Aug 2004SUNNYCREST, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HS
Received 20 Aug 2018THE BOTHY,OLD STABLE YARD, RIGMADEN, MANSERGH, LA6 2ET
Received 10 May 2012FIELD NEXT TO TEBAY FORD ADJ TO RIVER LUNE, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 12 Jun 20138 LUNEFIELD DRIVE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BY
Received 18 May 20055 WELL LANE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BP
Received 8 Sept 2003Records 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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