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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,312 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Trevenna Cark-In-Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7NL
Received 22 Jul 2026FATFACE 15-17 Stricklandgate KENDAL LA9 4LY
Received 14 May 20242 poles to be placed just south of Stribers Farm Haverthwaite ULVERSTON LA12 8PE
Received 11 Mar 2024Quaker College Tirril PENRITH CA10 2JE
Received 14 Feb 202411A The Square, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QJ
Received 11 Sept 2020LAND ADJACENT TO STAYNE GARTH, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 18 Jun 20153 Garden Terrace ULVERSTON LA12 7DA
Received 16 Apr 20269B KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AJ
Received 7 Dec 2004NORTH VIEW, CARTMEL ROAD, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA117QZ
Received 2 Mar 2004New Cottage, Charney Well Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DB
Received 7 Sept 2022Barns at Foulstone, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PP
Received 28 May 2021Land adjacent to Over Cotes Access Road to Waistcotes Levens KENDAL LA8 8NZ
Received 21 Aug 2026Hill Top, Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NG
Received 24 Jul 202324 OXFORD STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 28 Oct 2002Flats 1-6 Melrose House, 36 Aynam Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DW
Received 17 Mar 2023WOODHEAD FARM, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BJ
Received 12 Jun 20144 SUNNYSIDE, KENDAL
Received 18 Oct 2002LAND TO SOUTH OF VALLEY ROAD, CLIFTON, PENRITH
Received 15 Jul 2016HIGH MILL NORTHERN UNITS, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JU
Received 27 Jul 2022UNIT 34 GILWILLY ROAD, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9BF
Received 1 May 2015CHURCH GATES, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3HU
Received 31 May 20196 BRUNSWICK TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 7LN
Received 29 Sept 2021THE MILES THOMPSON, SHEARMAN HOUSE, ALLHALLOWS LANE, KENDAL, LA9 4JX
Received 22 Dec 2005Barn Garth House, Barn Garth, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6PP
Received 12 Aug 2014Records 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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