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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
AINSTABLE METHODIST CHURCH, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PZ
Received 11 Feb 2022SITE ADJACENT TO KNOCK HALL, KNOCK, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DN
Received 18 Oct 2016LAND AT BROCKBANK GROUND FARM, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Received 24 Mar 2003Norfolk House, 9 Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 4 Oct 2022LAND ADJACENT BOOTHS SUPERMARKET, CANAL STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JZ
Received 27 Apr 2006Yew Tree Cottage Dufton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6DB
Received 15 Feb 2024LAND AT SPRINGFIELD, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EX
Received 15 Dec 2015Priory Gardens, Priest Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PU
Received 10 Sept 2021LAND TO SOUTH OF WITCH WOOD, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 6 May 2014POTTS FIELD HOUSE BARN AT BOWDERDALE HEAD, NEWBIGGIN ON LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 28 Jan 201643 - 45 Branthwaite Brow, KENDAL, LA9 4TX
Received 11 Sept 2023Riverside Cottage, Sedgwick, Kendal, LA8 0JZ
Received 1 Apr 201611 WARWICK DRIVE, SUMMERLANDS, ENDMOOR, KENDAL, LA8 0EE
Received 21 Jun 200416 QUEEN STREET, ULVERSTON, LA127AF
Received 30 Jan 2004FRIAR COTE, SANDSIDE
Received 5 Feb 20031 Blenketside, Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7RL
Received 6 May 201442 The Crescent Kirkby Stephen Westmorland And Furness CA17 4AH
Received 22 Jun 2026THE VICARAGE, LOW WIEND, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QP
Received 20 Mar 2017CASTLE ANN COTTAGE, 17 CASTLE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 7AD
Received 2 Jul 2003Tweenways, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EJ
Received 20 Oct 20238 COBBLESTONE CORNER, MORLAND, CUMBRIA, CA10 3BG
Received 17 Aug 2023Low Bleaze Farm Old Hutton Kendal LA8 0LX
Received 2 Jan 2026Levey View, Pennington, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NY
Received 5 May 2021RAVENWOOD COTTAGE, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JL
Received 16 Mar 2021Records 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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