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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land and former depot building to the North West of Helian, Plumpton, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QN
Received 25 Aug 20232 BOX TREE, BARBON, LA6 2LS
Received 22 Jun 2006PARK ROAD GARAGE, PARK ROAD, SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON, LA120HH
Received 18 Jul 2006BROWFOOT BARN, SELSIDE, KENDAL, LA8 9EA
Received 2 Jun 2006SOUTH VIEW BUILDING PLOT, LOWERGATE, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3BA
Received 1 Dec 2014Builders' Merchants, Park Road, Sandside, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AD
Received 12 Feb 201811 Church Walk, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EN
Received 20 Nov 2020Across from 20 Carter Road Kents Bank GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AS
Received 4 Jun 20261 Church Street, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7FF
Received 19 Oct 2018LAND TO EAST OF WARCOP PRIMARY SCHOOL, WARCOP, APPLEBY, CA16
Received 22 May 201432 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 16 Mar 2022WHITBARROW FARM, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XB
Received 11 Dec 2012Dunelm, Shawfield Road, BAYCLIFF, LA12 9RG
Received 22 Sept 2016Land adjacent to Mountain Ash, 13 Meadowbank Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6AT
Received 1 Apr 2022BURLISH, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7PE
Received 24 Jul 2017OAKWOOD, THE CROFT, WARCOP, APPLEBY
Received 7 Jan 2002The Old Bank Cottage, The Square, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LX
Received 18 Jun 20184 CAPTAIN FRENCH LANE, KENDAL, LA9 4HP
Received 21 Nov 2003LINGHURST, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0JH
Received 5 Sept 20065 & 6, KING STREET, PENRITH
Received 16 Dec 200231, SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH
Received 8 Apr 2002Foxfield to Low Shaw, Duddon
Received 24 Oct 2014The Lounge Mitre House King Street PENRITH CA11 7AJ
Received 12 Feb 2024Moss House, BURTON IN KENDAL, LA5 9RP
Received 20 Jun 2016Records 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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