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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gawith Field Cottage, Arrad Foot, Ulverston, LA12 7SL
Received 14 Jun 2013ADJ TO CLIFTON MOOR FARM, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EY
Received 2 Apr 2004THE OLD CHAPEL, NENTSBURY, ALSTON, CA9 3LH
Received 8 Mar 2012FORMER EDENSIDE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME, HOLME STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QU
Received 17 Aug 2023NAG'S HEAD FARM, HOFF, APPLEBY
Received 9 Sept 2002Swarthmoor Hall, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JQ
Received 5 Jun 202012 Flan Close, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7DW
Received 21 Apr 2015Ivy Cottage Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0ED
Received 6 Aug 20255 Hillside Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9LB
Received 20 Mar 2015LONSDALE VILLA, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AA
Received 5 Sept 2016CORNEY HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 8 Sept 2022DUFTON HOUSE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DF
Received 9 Nov 2020STREET HOUSE, BOLTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6AY
Received 15 Jun 2020ANVIL HOUSE, CAVENDISH STREET, CARTMEL
Received 2 Aug 2002Agricultural land Rommano Way, Newbiggin, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RJ
Received 2 May 2023Skelwith, Lyndene Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QP
Received 6 Sept 2017Fair View House, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BE
Received 6 Sept 2018CARTMEL PARK, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QF
Received 10 Oct 2003HIGH GREEN FARM, WARCOP, APPLEBY
Received 22 Mar 2002Rimdene, East View, Lindal in Furness, ULVERSTON, LA12 0LG
Received 8 May 2019The Mill Race, Burneside, Kendal, LA8 9HQ
Received 16 Apr 2014Land at Brigsteer Road, KENDAL
Received 1 Dec 2014ORCHARD COTTAGE, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
Received 14 Jan 2016GLEBE HOUSE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 14 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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