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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,369 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brockbank Ground, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BS
Received 19 Dec 2022County Hall, Busher Walk, KENDAL, LA9 4RQ
Received 12 Mar 2019MOSSDALE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0JE
Received 8 Nov 2006Holme House Farm, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9AQ
Received 1 Jun 2021WEAVERS COTTAGE, CLAWTHORPE
Received 23 Jul 2002STANDISH COTE AND MEAN MOOR, MARTON AND HARLOCK HILL, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON
Received 10 Aug 201125 Union Close, ULVERSTON, LA12 7FQ
Received 24 Mar 2017Walkerfield, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7QY
Received 20 Aug 2015Redford Aynsome Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PR
Received 23 Feb 202422 HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 14 Nov 2002Public Library Grange Fell Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BQ
Received 3 Oct 2025Westmorland Shopping Centre Car Park, Blackhall Road, KENDAL, LA9 7UU
Received 9 Jun 20152 SWINBURN COTTAGES, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TE
Received 15 Sept 2020GALE SYKE, PLANTATION BRIDGE
Received 10 Sept 2002COOMBE EDEN, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PQ
Received 16 Feb 202167 APPLEBY ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6ES
Received 13 Oct 2003THE PASTURES, TEMPLANDS LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 13 Feb 2012MOREDUN GARAGE, STATION ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3HZ
Received 19 Aug 2013QUEEN ELIZABETH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, PENRITH
Received 9 Sept 2002LAND AT THE PASTURES, GREEN LANE, STORTH, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA, LA7 7HQ
Received 7 Mar 201346, NORFOLK PLACE, PENRITH, CA11 9BE
Received 21 Apr 200411 THE GREEN, PENRITH, CA10 2BA
Received 14 Jan 2016BRADYLLS ARMS, BARDSEA, ULVERSTON
Received 31 Jan 2002RIGMADEN PARK, MANSERGH, CARNFORTH, LA6 2ET
Received 8 Mar 2005Records 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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