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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,267 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT 2 WAINWRIGHTS YARD, 22 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 28 Jan 200419 CHESTNUT CLOSE, HOLME, CARNFORTH, LA6 1RX
Received 14 Feb 2013Hazel Cottage, The Orchard, Cart Lane, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7AE
Received 5 May 2015NORTH BARN AT EDGE FARM, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XZ
Received 20 May 2015Birchwood, 6 Far Close Drive, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BG
Received 22 Nov 201729 Paddock Way Storth MILNTHORPE LA7 7JJ
Received 14 Mar 2024EDENBURG, LANGWATHBY, CA10 1NX
Received 6 Sept 2021Land north of Chapel Island View Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7LD
Received 4 Nov 2024BARN AT SWALEDALE HOUSE, LITTLE MUSGRAVE
Received 17 Apr 200282 Greenside, KENDAL, LA9 5DT
Received 27 May 2022Ashmeadow House, The Promenade, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AD
Received 6 Aug 2020CO-OP STORE, MARKET STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 23 Dec 2002THE GARTH, NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JP
Received 2 Jun 20153 Orchard Road Bardsea ULVERSTON LA12 9QN
Received 17 Oct 2024Little Roods Gamblesby PENRITH CA10 1HR
Received 13 Jun 2025OAKER LODGE FARM, SOWERBY ROW, CARLISLE, CA4 0QG
Received 1 Apr 2015LOW CURRIG, SEBERGHAM, CARLISE, CA5 7DX
Received 20 Aug 2018SITE OF FORMER AUCTION MART,, LIGHTBURN ROAD/BROGDEN STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 22 Feb 2002LIME RIGG, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8JB
Received 16 Jan 2020Barn at High Farm Spring Bank Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6HA
Received 17 Apr 2024CLARE HOUSE, PARK RD, GRANGE OVER SANDS
Received 17 Jun 200211 STONYDALE, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA129PQ
Received 19 Jan 2005Hillside, Woodhouse Lane, Heversham, Milnthorpe, LA7 7EW
Received 22 Jan 201633 MARKET STREET, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA117JU
Received 28 Nov 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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