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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,363 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 HEST VIEW ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PH
Received 25 Jun 201313 MOORSIDE, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PL
Received 24 Oct 2014COTE SYKE, DUFTON, CA16 6DA
Received 29 Jun 202116 PRINCES STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NB
Received 14 Jun 2004Strickland Arms Great Strickland Penrith CA10 3DF
Received 15 Aug 2024Causeywood Farm, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SJ
Received 4 Apr 2022Barnados 14 Market Street KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4QS
Received 12 Feb 2024LAND AT SILLFIELD FARM, GATEBECK, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 7 Oct 2003Fowrass Farm Laithes Penrith CA11 0AN
Received 5 Jul 2024Stone Arthur, School Road, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7TF
Received 24 Feb 2017DALE END, BARBON
Received 24 Jul 2002Dunrovin Catterlen PENRITH CA11 0BQ
Received 28 Oct 2024PENNINE HOUSE, PENNINE VIEW, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PN
Received 9 Oct 2020LONGLANDS CARAVAN PARK, KIRKBY-IN-, FURNESS
Received 7 Dec 200148 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AY
Received 21 Jan 20052 Fairview, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HF
Received 19 Dec 2019Grange Over Sands Train Station, Station Square, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EH
Received 2 Feb 2018High Park Cottage, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7RE
Received 12 Oct 2020J Atkinson & Son Ltd, Canal Garage, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, LA7 7NX
Received 10 Sept 2013KILSPINDIE, 20 CARTER ROAD, GRANGE-, OVER-SANDS
Received 6 Sept 2002THE FIRST FLOOR GAZETTE OFFICE WALL, 24-26 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4ND
Received 9 Dec 2003Southwaite, Brigsteer Road, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NU
Received 7 Feb 201734 Low Mead, KENDAL, LA9 5PZ
Received 29 Mar 202268 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TX
Received 8 Nov 2012Records 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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