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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,099 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LINGMELL, 18 KIRKHEAD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DB
Received 16 Nov 2005COLLINFIELD MANOR, COLLIN ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5HN
Received 18 Jun 20132 SLEE CROFT, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AS
Received 6 Jun 2005Area surrounding Longholme Leece ULVERSTON LA12 0RD
Received 11 May 2026Redford Aynsome Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PR
Received 3 Sept 2024Unit 21 Castle Mills Business Park Aynam Road KENDAL LA9 7DE
Received 30 Mar 2026Lyndhurst, Storth Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JQ
Received 1 Dec 2021CONDENSERGAPP, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CUMBRIA, CA16 6HW
Received 27 Feb 2023SITE ADJ TO BRIDGE END COTTAGE, CROGLIN, CARLISLE, CA4 9RY
Received 24 Aug 2012Orchard View High Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2NP
Received 27 May 20251- 4 WAKEFIELDS YARD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4QH
Received 21 Nov 2011Cartmel 2 Cark Shaw Wood Cartmel Racecourse Cartmel Park Park View Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6QF
Received 2 Oct 202424 Lyndhurst Road ULVERSTON LA12 0EG
Received 23 Jan 2024RIVER HOUSE, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NJ
Received 16 May 20171 HOBSON COURT, GILLAN WAY, PENRITH, CA11 9GQ
Received 16 Nov 2021Monton, Cart Lane, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7AB
Received 13 Oct 2015Ashmeadow Woodlands Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AD
Received 10 Sept 2024HELM BAR, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 13 Nov 201515 Mill Brow Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth LA6 2AT
Received 17 Nov 2025BLENKETT WOOD LODGE PARK, JACK HILL, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RL
Received 29 Jan 2013Girandella Weint Lane Great Urswick ULVERSTON LA12 0SR
Received 4 Apr 20242 Tun House Brewery Lane Penrith New Squares PENRITH CA11 7FR
Received 20 Aug 2024Central Traffic Island, New Road, Kendal
Received 28 Jan 2015Salt Pie Cottage, Salt Pie Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BH
Received 28 Sept 2016Records 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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