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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,602 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 HIGH STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SH
Received 10 Jun 2020THE CROSS KEYS INN, CARLETON VILLAGE, PENRITH, CA11 8TP
Received 10 Jan 2006BROWNBER HOME FARM, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 30 Jul 2003LAND AT CROSBY HALL FARM, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH
Received 12 Nov 2003PART OF OS FIELD NO 3537 ADJACENT TO HONEY POT BARN, SKELSMERGH, KENDAL, LA8 9AS
Received 4 Jul 2003THE GARDENS, DALTONGATE, ULVERSTON
Received 10 Apr 2000CARTMEL PRIORY, DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, CARTMEL, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6QD
Received 18 Oct 2011HARGREAVES GARAGE, MINTSFEET ROAD,, KENDAL
Received 12 Nov 2001PLOT 6, MILL BROW, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 20 Mar 2000Soulby House, Cavendish Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 30 Oct 2018ROADWAY CAFE, LOW MOOR, KIRBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 27 Mar 2003YESSELL HOUSE, ELLONBY, PENRITH
Received 2 Feb 2000FORMER CARE HOME, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 8BN
Received 20 Apr 2020Dawmire, Foxfield, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BX
Received 14 Jul 2020LONSDALE VILLA, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AA
Received 15 Mar 2018HIDCOTE, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 9 Sept 2021WEBBS GARDEN CENTRE, BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 24 Jul 2002HAYFELLSIDE, HAYCLOSE LANE, OXENHOLME
Received 18 Nov 1998Prospect House, Sandside, KIRKBY in FURNESS, LA17 7UB
Received 5 Feb 2016MASONIC HALL, KINGS ARMS LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3JF
Received 25 Mar 20215 HONISTER DRIVE, KENDAL
Received 19 Sept 2002Plumpton Hall Plumpton ULVERSTON LA12 7QN
Received 28 Feb 20259 EDEN MOUNT, ULVERSTON
Received 16 Apr 199828 CARTMEL DRIVE, CROFTLANDS, ULVERSTON
Received 23 Jul 1998Records 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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