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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,344 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Storth End Cottage Stainton KENDAL LA8 0DZ
Received 22 May 2024EDEN VIEW FARM, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 2 Nov 2001CROSSFELL VIEW, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TN
Received 9 Mar 2020Tavora House, Grange Fell Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6BJ
Received 7 Nov 2018MYERS LANE BUSINESS PARK, MYERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9DP
Received 1 Oct 2020THE GARTH, BEACON STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TY
Received 11 Sept 2020UNIT 1 HALL BANK FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 17 May 2005DUFTON CHAPEL, DUFTON, APPLEBY
Received 20 Jan 2003BRACKENBURGH COTTAGES, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9PL
Received 13 Jan 2021BEECH HOUSE, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UE
Received 18 Apr 201820 Hillcrest, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RG
Received 2 Oct 2023198 BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6EB
Received 13 Apr 2004Barn to west of Hyning House, Low Biggins, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 7 Oct 2014LAND ADJACENT TO ROSE COTTAGE, STATION SQUARE, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6EF
Received 2 May 20122 Queen Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7AX
Received 11 Jan 2016Helm Croft, Barrows Green, KENDAL, LA8 0AA
Received 4 Jul 2018F B E LTD, CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY, CA16 6HX
Received 28 Feb 2013LAND AT ORCHARD HOUSE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 17 May 200423 Devonshire Street PENRITH CA11 7SU
Received 29 Aug 202411 Castle Road KENDAL LA9 7AU
Received 13 Sept 2024Nook Farm, Colt House Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SG
Received 29 Nov 2017Telecoms Apparatus at Cark Shaws Wood, Park View, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 14 Sept 2022Far Shield Ainstable CARLISLE CA4 9RF
Received 28 May 2026Orchard House Station Road Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JZ
Received 24 Nov 2025Records 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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