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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,422 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HOUSE OF ANDERSON (1905) LTD, 18 NEW MARKET STREET, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7LN
Received 28 Aug 20123A PENNINE VIEW, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 30 Nov 2022Arnside National C of E Primary School, Church Hill, Arnside, LA5 0DW
Received 2 Apr 2014NINE STANDARDS RIGG, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 7 Sept 20168 Market Place, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BA
Received 18 Jan 2018Sellett Hall, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 27 Apr 2017Goadsbarrow Farm Main Street, Baycliff, Cumbria, LA12 9RW
Received 27 Oct 2015SHIP INN ASKEW GATE BROW, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TE
Received 8 Aug 200337 CASTLE GARTH, KENDAL, LA9 7AT
Received 6 Jan 2005STRICKLEY, OLD HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0LU
Received 20 Aug 2012MILL BROW COTTAGE, GRIZEBECK
Received 1 Nov 200220 Caroline Street, KENDAL, LA9 4SH
Received 5 Jun 2017Colt Park Farm, Aldingham, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RU
Received 21 Jun 20225 Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 19 Jul 2023Aldingham Nursing Home, Aldingham, Aldingham, Ulverston, LA12 9RT
Received 18 Feb 2016BAYCLIFF FARM, MAIN STREET, BAYCLIFF, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 9RN
Received 28 Jul 2011THE RAILWAY STATION, STATION ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3JB
Received 24 Dec 2014FAIR BANK, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BJ
Received 18 Apr 2012ASH GARTH, CHURCH BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EJ
Received 3 Jul 2018Fairfield Lodge, Priest Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PY
Received 6 Oct 2021WHEATCLOSE, LEASGILL, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ET
Received 28 May 2004YARD 2 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 29 Jan 2001FIELD NO 5486, LAND NEAR BEECH LEE AND THE KENNELS, GATEBECK LANE, CUMBRIA, LA8 0EQ
Received 11 Jul 2011BIGGINS HOME FARM, HIGH BIGGINS, LA6 2NP
Received 27 Jan 2006Records 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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