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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,576 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Feb 1998 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Wilman, Morecambe Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BL
Received 21 Oct 2020Ivy House The Row Nenthead ALSTON CA9 3PE
Received 28 Nov 2024Field to south east of 13 Outcast, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9ED
Received 15 Mar 2016KELD HOUSE, CROFT ENDS, APPLEBY
Received 31 Dec 2001Former Enterprise Rent A Car, Station Yard, Station Road, KENDAL, LA9 6BT
Received 22 Dec 2020Land South East of Melbourne Cottage Thacka Lane PENRITH CA11 9NG
Received 3 Sept 2025EAST LODGE BARROCK PARK, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HW
Received 20 Jul 2004Barn at Thompson Fold, Lupton, Carnforth, LA6 2PP
Received 3 Nov 2016WETHERIGGS POTTERY, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DH
Received 3 Sept 2019NEWBY END FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 20 Mar 1999UNIT 2, EDEN GARTH, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH
Received 5 Oct 200053 Kendal Green KENDAL LA9 5PT
Received 5 Jun 2024LAND WEST OF SOCKBRIDGE, THORPEFIELD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 21 Oct 2021THE OLD RECTORY COACH HOUSE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UJ
Received 11 Mar 2020Deans Biggin Farm, Hophouse Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2EL
Received 10 Mar 2015FIELD AT LONG LANE, LEECE
Received 29 Oct 2001Beachwood Cottage, 26 Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA5 0AU
Received 24 Mar 2023Lupton Mill, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PW
Received 14 Jun 2016LAND ADJACENT TO HAROLDS WAY, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QL
Received 6 Oct 201433 SANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 6HT
Received 1 Jul 2013DUKE OF CUMBERLAND PUBLIC HOUSE, APPLEBY ROAD, KENDAL
Received 19 Jan 2001No 4 Yard 127 Stricklandgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4RF
Received 23 Jan 2013LAND SOUTH OF LOW HESKET VILLAGE HALL, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 17 Jan 2020Greengarth, Lowick Green, ULVERSTON, LA12 8DT
Received 15 Aug 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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