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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,110 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land off Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, LA9 5DZ
Received 13 Mar 20236 Daltongate, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7BD
Received 3 Nov 2014High Butterbent, New Hutton, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0AE
Received 21 Apr 2015Camp Road Garage, Moor Lane, FLOOKBURGH, LA11 7LS
Received 4 Aug 2017LOW BARN, MAIN STREET, BAYCLIFF, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RN
Received 12 May 2005Telecommunications site at Diamond Building, Pennington Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JY
Received 23 Sept 20213 Hill Crest Drive, Slack Head, Milnthorpe, LA7 7BB
Received 22 Apr 2013LAND TO REAR OF 14 CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JN
Received 31 Mar 2016CATTLE SHED, HARTLEY FOLD, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 19 Jun 2019WARCOP A F T C, BUILDING 66 WARCOP TRAINING AREA, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PA
Received 1 Mar 2021CUMPSTON HILL, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JX
Received 2 May 201468 Kentsford Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7BB
Received 12 Feb 2015THREE GABLES, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AT
Received 13 Sept 20137 Birchwood Close, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9PA
Received 10 Mar 2015WHARTON HALL, WHARTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LD
Received 20 Dec 2012Fern Bank, Main Street, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LW
Received 19 Jun 2023HOAD VIEW, NEWLAND, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QQ
Received 19 Mar 2012THE OLD HERMITAGE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AX
Received 10 Nov 2003SCEUGH DYKE FARM, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QY
Received 10 Oct 2022Tanah Lot, Great Urswick, Ulverston, LA12 0SP
Received 22 Mar 2013BARNSYDE, SUNNY BANK, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EU
Received 27 Jul 2022Guards Farm Kirkby-in-furness LA17 7TU
Received 14 Apr 202557 Clifford Road PENRITH CA11 8PT
Received 18 Mar 2026JO AN LO, HIGH BANK HILL, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EZ
Received 6 Nov 2017Records 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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