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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Marne Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LH
Received 23 Dec 202016 WHITE OX WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8QP
Received 18 Mar 2013A685 ROUNDABOUT, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3SS
Received 30 Jun 2023Fell End Cottage, Yans Lane, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LJ
Received 10 Aug 2022The Harbour, Goadsbarrow, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RE
Received 2 Oct 2023Garden of 40 Empsom Road, KENDAL, LA9 5PS
Received 15 Mar 201628 HEST VIEW ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PH
Received 15 Sept 2005Yewbarrow Main Street GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EB
Received 21 Jan 202629 Sandgate PENRITH CA11 7TJ
Received 7 Jan 2026LANGWATHBY METHODIST CHAPEL, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH
Received 10 Feb 2004STAINGILLS FARM, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QU
Received 22 Aug 2006KINGS ARMS HOTEL, THE SQUARE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA116QB
Received 9 Sept 2004KENDAL BOWMAN, 155 HIGHGATE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4EN
Received 10 Sept 2012Seawood House, Carter Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AS
Received 27 Sept 2023Mouthlock Chapel Barras KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4ES
Received 8 Jan 2025PLOT REAR OF SEFTON HOUSE HOTEL, 34 QUEEN STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 24 Sept 20049 MOUNTS MEADOW CLOSE, GLEASTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RL
Received 16 May 2006HUNTER HALL FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 2 Apr 2019ESTHWAITE LOW BIGGINS, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 3 Dec 2004125 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SE
Received 12 Aug 2022EDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL MANSION HOUSE, FRIARGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7YG
Received 8 Jun 20041 High Gable, Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BJ
Received 14 Oct 2022BERRIER END, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XA
Received 29 Jul 2020BALMERS FARM, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NP
Received 3 Nov 2003Records 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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