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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grange Fell House, Fernleigh Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HN
Received 24 Jul 2017Lyndene, Holme Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7QD
Received 11 Nov 2015THORNLEIGH HOTEL, THE ESPLANADE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HH
Received 24 May 2004TOWN END FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 30 Sept 2002BIRKTHWAITE FARM, WREAY, CARLISLE, CA4 0RZ
Received 6 Nov 2015OLD GAS WORKS, MORECAMBE ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 15 Nov 2002COLDBECK FARMHOUSE, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 2 Feb 2002Heversham Bowling Club, The Croft Field, Leasgill, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ET
Received 11 Aug 2017BIGGINS COURT, HIGH BIGGINS, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CUMBRIA, LA6 2NP
Received 4 Jul 201124 High Fellside, Kendal, LA9 4JG
Received 24 Apr 2014THE OLD DAIRY, ROSSIDE
Received 23 Oct 2002LAND OFF THE A65, NEAR DEVILS BRIDGE, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 27 Apr 2012Telecomunications Apparatus at Hayclose Lane New Hutton KENDAL LA8 0AG
Received 18 Mar 202555 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2WY
Received 10 Jun 2021Skells Lodge, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA15 8JG
Received 16 Nov 2017ROMAN ROAD, APPLEBY
Received 15 Jun 20061 Old Post Office Kings Meaburn PENRITH CA10 3BU
Received 1 Jun 2026LAND AT REAR OF THE LOWTHER CASTLE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 2 Nov 2001FAIR VIEW, DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9HH
Received 20 Jun 201614 THE CROFT, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA117NF
Received 13 Jun 2003Land Adjacent to Thorncop, Bowston, Kendal, LA8 9HD
Received 1 Aug 2014Langton Farm APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6JG
Received 12 Jan 202627 Spital Park, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6HG
Received 10 Jan 2016RAKESTRAW BARN, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DH
Received 28 Oct 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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