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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,344 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ST LUKES CHURCH, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PJ
Received 5 Apr 2012BUSKRIGG, BUSK, PENRITH, CA10 1LA
Received 11 Aug 2004BARCLAYS BANK PLC, 19 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XF
Received 27 Jan 2005Oscar House Faraday Road Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QL
Received 17 Feb 2025Cartmel Park Lodge Park, Wells House Farm, Ford Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PN
Received 1 Jun 2017THOR ATKINSON STEEL FABRICATIONS, NEWLAND, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SH
Received 10 Oct 2012THE PENTHOUSE, FERNLEIGH ROAD, GRANGE over SANDS, CUMBRIA, LA11 7HT
Received 10 Apr 2012SOUTHWAITE HALL, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0JT
Received 15 Nov 2023Pavement opposite Cole Autobody Repairs Morecambe Road ULVERSTON LA12 0BH
Received 2 May 2024LAND OFF CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH
Received 6 Feb 20206 Broom Close, KENDAL, LA9 6BN
Received 15 Jul 2022LAWTON HOUSE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BN
Received 11 Aug 201152 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AJ
Received 27 Jan 20054 BURTON PARK, BURTON IN KENDAL
Received 3 Feb 200325 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PF
Received 23 Mar 2021Docker Hall Docker Kendal Cumbria LA8 0DB
Received 29 May 20242 Bank End Terrace, Great Urswick, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0SW
Received 7 Jul 20157 BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4RL
Received 18 May 20053 Horncop Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4SR
Received 6 Apr 201815 LEVENS CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 8 Oct 2001UNITS B1 AND B2 BREWERY LANE, PENRITH NEW SQUARES, PENRITH
Received 21 Aug 2023Holgates Caravan Park, Middlebarrow Plain, Cove Road, Silverdale, LA5 0SH
Received 17 Jun 2014Newlyn, Palmerston House & Stafford House Kents Bank Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7EY
Received 25 Jun 2025Saltcotes Station Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0HG
Received 11 Mar 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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