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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,384 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Castle Street KENDAL LA9 7AD
Received 18 Mar 2026BRIAR CROFT, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RS
Received 25 Apr 2016DAIRY COTTAGE BARN, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 29 May 2014CRAG Y DON, CHURCH BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EW
Received 3 Mar 2017BOLTON HALL, BOLTON, APPLEBY
Received 17 Dec 2001The Pastures, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 20 Sept 2019WOODHOUSE FARM, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PQ
Received 1 Feb 2019GILSES FARM, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 23 May 200533 BYRON STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 9AS
Received 13 Nov 2003LAND AT MELKINTHORPE, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 20 May 200516 BEATHWAITE CLOSE, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8NR
Received 9 Jul 20128 JEFFERSON DRIVE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LU
Received 19 Jan 2004TIMBER HOLIDAY LODGE, FORMER QUARRIED SITE, MURTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6NA
Received 9 Jul 2014Land at Laitha Lodge, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DQ
Received 10 Aug 2016Unit 4 Unsworths Yard, Ford Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PG
Received 16 Feb 2022Squirrels Eden Mount GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BZ
Received 17 Mar 2026BANK FARM, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH
Received 16 Dec 200020 Kentsford Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7AP
Received 16 Dec 2016TEBAY SOUTH SERVICE AREA, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SB
Received 5 Oct 20152 Sealford Farm, Newbiggin, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PN
Received 13 Mar 2023SITE AT TOWNEND FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 10 Dec 2012NUTWOOD, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 25 May 2018BANKS FARM NEW SHIELD MOSS, ALSTON
Received 17 Jun 20029 & 10 Aynam Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DE
Received 16 Apr 2021Records 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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