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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,581 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Dec 1997 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Neville Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BL
Received 14 May 20211 BROOKSIDE, BARBON, LA6 2LW
Received 9 Jul 2012KIDSIDE FARM, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LT
Received 27 Jan 2004WILLOW BANK, HORNCOP LANE, KENDAL, LA9 4SR
Received 27 Jul 2012BAY VIEW, STORTH ROAD, STORTH
Received 25 Jun 19998 Horse Market Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AS
Received 18 Aug 2026Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 14 Feb 2022GREAT ALLOTMENT FOREST, NR CARTMEL
Received 15 Aug 2005The Granary Skelton Penrith CA11 9SE
Received 20 Mar 2026Hillberry Fernleigh Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HN
Received 31 Aug 2018HOLMEFIELD & GREENMILLS, BURTON IN KENDAL
Received 13 Jan 19999 NETHEREND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8PF
Received 13 Mar 201211 QUEEN STREET, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7AF
Received 8 Sept 2005TARN HOUSE COTTAGE, GREAT URSWICK
Received 25 Jan 200251 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 28 Apr 2000Grass verge outside Meadowside Cardrona Court GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AW
Received 12 Sept 2025Flat, 30 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 15 Jun 2022THE OLD COACH HOUSE, CAVENDISH STREET,, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 15 Apr 1999LANGWATHBY HALL, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 31 Jan 20173 CARL LOFTS, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PJ
Received 19 Oct 2022THE OLD VICARAGE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AL
Received 7 Feb 20187 BROOKSIDE, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JG
Received 30 Jun 2006Helsington and Brigsteer Village Hall, Brigsteer, KENDAL, LA8 8AL
Received 7 Apr 2015BUNKERSHILL, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3EW
Received 30 May 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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