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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,400 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Morecambe Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DX
Received 20 Feb 20192, THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH
Received 19 Sept 2001LAND AT LINGSTUBBS FARM, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 1 Jul 2016JUNCTION 39 BUSINESS PARK - NORTH OF GREEN FARM, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PW
Received 27 Feb 2018Kirkby Lonsdale Rugby Club Raygrath Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DS
Received 16 Sept 2026Longrigg Farm, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PR
Received 12 May 2022BANK HOUSE, HIGH STREET, BROUGH
Received 23 May 2002Lowfell, 2 Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BJ
Received 24 Aug 20214 Yard 127, Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4RF
Received 11 Jun 201558 Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LT
Received 4 May 2016LAND TO THE REAR OF THE GOLDEN PHEASANT INN, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 4 May 2004Peasey Beck Cottage, Bridge End, OLD HUTTON, LA8 0NH
Received 16 Aug 2016BARN, UNDERLEY GRANGE, CASTERTON, LA6 2LE
Received 4 May 2011LAND ADJACENT TO BRYCE INSTITUTE, BURNESIDE, KENDAL, LA9 6QZ
Received 15 Jul 2013FIELD SITE AT HIGH BELL GARTH, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0EU
Received 5 Feb 2013BLENKET FARM, ALLITHWAITE
Received 25 Jul 2002Jenkin Cragg Farm Fowl Ing Lane KENDAL LA9 6PH
Received 27 May 2025Natland House, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QQ
Received 1 Mar 202313 GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LG
Received 3 Aug 201819 Hillcrest Drive Slackhead MILNTHORPE LA7 7BB
Received 20 Jun 2025108 - 110 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 15 May 2019Newland View, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QJ
Received 20 Dec 2019Nettleslack Broughton Beck ULVERSTON LA12 7PN
Received 1 Feb 2024104-106 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4PU
Received 17 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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