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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,272 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
SITE ADJ HAVERFLATTS, BURRELLS, APPLEBY
Received 30 Mar 2002Junction of Windermere Road and Caroline Street, KENDAL
Received 18 May 2023OAKERGLEN/OAKERGILL FARM, SOWERBY ROW, CARLISLE
Received 21 Feb 2002Land adjacent to Sunnyside, Barbon, Carnforth, Cumbria, LA6 2LS
Received 2 Apr 201564A & 65A STRICKLANDGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7NJ
Received 11 Mar 202112 Beech Bank, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EZ
Received 7 Feb 2023LAND ADJACENT TO WEST VIEW, FLETCHER HILL, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QQ
Received 10 Sept 2020HUNTER HALL FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 4 Mar 2021LIATHACH RAKE LANE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NG
Received 15 Feb 2006The Buildings Farm Kaber Kirkby Stephen CA17 4EF
Received 6 Mar 2024Union Inn, Union Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HU
Received 26 Oct 2022WOODPECKERS, BRIGSTEER ROAD, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8NU
Received 27 Jul 2004TARNSIDE FARM, LUPTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PP
Received 15 May 2003BECKSTONES FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PY
Received 3 May 20177 HORNCOP LANE, KENDAL, LA9 4SR
Received 7 Dec 2011Beetham C of E School, Stanley Street, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AS
Received 18 Jun 2019Fir Trees Back Lane Sedgwick KENDAL LA8 0JX
Received 10 Feb 20255 GRANGE MEWS, STATION SQUARE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EH
Received 9 Nov 2006BARN NORTHEAST OF LUHAM FARM, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8TA
Received 10 Sept 2021Outside 12 & 15 Birkbeck Close KENDAL LA9 7PW
Received 18 Jul 2025DUNKELD, 54, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UQ
Received 16 Dec 20035 Greengate, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NF
Received 16 Jun 202371 BROUGHAM STREET, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9DW
Received 6 Mar 2012Holly Lodge Kentsford Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BB
Received 28 Oct 2025Records 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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