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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,319 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HOLLINSFIELD, HOLLINS LANE, ARNSIDE
Received 6 Mar 20033 BARROW MILL COTTAGES, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LX
Received 23 Jan 2020WARDEN'S CARAVAN, HORSE AND WAGON CARAVAN PARK, NENTSBURY, ALSTON, CA9 3LH
Received 27 Jan 2006George And Dragon 42 Branthwaite Brow KENDAL LA9 4TX
Received 5 Sept 2024HILLSIDE VILLA, SERPENTINE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4PE
Received 18 Dec 20123 Fell Street Ulverston LA12 0AG
Received 1 Apr 202614 Collin Croft, KENDAL, LA9 4TH
Received 8 Mar 2021Larchbank Burneside KENDAL LA8 9AY
Received 23 Nov 2023PART OS FIELD NO 2100, GILLSMERE FARM,, OLD HUTTON
Received 21 Jun 2002Brackley 2 Rockwell Gardens GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6DJ
Received 14 Aug 2026LANCASTER HOUSE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 20 Apr 200311 BUTTERMERE DRIVE, KENDAL
Received 18 Dec 200259 Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5EP
Received 16 Apr 20195 Priory Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BH
Received 5 May 2021STONEYBECK INN, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RP
Received 14 Mar 2006Jaywood House, Foxfield, Broughton-in-Furness, LA20 6BX
Received 1 Feb 2013BOWERBANK HALL, SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9HL
Received 19 Jun 20159 CROSSFELL VIEW, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HU
Received 23 Jan 202352 GREENGATE, LEVENS, LA8 8NF
Received 24 Mar 20065 KIRKBIE GREEN, KENDAL
Received 9 Dec 2002249 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SJ
Received 16 Nov 2020Land NE of Ruckcroft Armathwaite Carlisle
Received 2 Jul 2024Middle Row, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 15 Dec 202211 MITCHELGATE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BE
Received 10 May 2006Records 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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