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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,099 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
COTE HOUSE BARN, BLEATARN, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PX
Received 6 Oct 202031 Castle Garth KENDAL LA9 7AT
Received 1 Nov 2024Camden & Beacon Buildings, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 4 May 2023East View Reagill Penrith CA10 3ER
Received 17 Feb 2026Morton Farm Morton Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9PZ
Received 13 Jun 2025West End Farm West End Lane ULVERSTON LA12 9HW
Received 27 Aug 20256 Bective Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BG
Received 2 Jun 202142 WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 4 May 2017CROSSFELL HOUSE FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UP
Received 16 Dec 20031 Trinity Gardens ULVERSTON LA12 7UB
Received 30 Mar 20261 HIGH FELL GATE, WART BARROW LANE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QA
Received 1 Dec 2005Shepherds Mill, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8ND
Received 4 Apr 2022Larkrigg, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QS
Received 4 Oct 201818 Burneside Road, Kendal, LA9 4RL
Received 5 Oct 2015The Barbers Shop, 4 Upper Brook Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7BH
Received 7 Apr 20145 CLITHEROE, ALSTON, CA9 3TJ
Received 29 Jun 2023Moss Field Barn, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NT
Received 9 Jul 201838 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7AJ
Received 13 Nov 2015REST HARROW, OLD NURSERIES, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 13 Apr 20047 THE RIDE, DUFTON, APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 5 Oct 2004LAND TO THE NORTH OF ST. STEPHENS CHURCH, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 16 Jun 200451 Silverdale Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AL
Received 8 Dec 2021WEST VIEW FARM, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DS
Received 21 Jun 2019PLUMPTON HALL, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NP
Received 23 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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