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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,615 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jun 1997 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 MAIN STREET, FLOOKBURGH
Received 8 Jan 2003Arnside Tower Farm, Silverdale Road, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0SN
Received 15 Feb 201630 MARKET STREET, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, CUMBRIA, LA11 7JS
Received 9 Mar 2004LAND AT, SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 16 Oct 19974 Anchorite Road, KENDAL, LA9 5NQ
Received 23 Nov 2020AULDBY FARM, LAITHES, PENRITH, CA11 0AN
Received 28 Jun 20066 SOUTERGATE, ULVERSTON, LA127ER
Received 27 Apr 200440 Rinkfield, KENDAL, LA9 7LN
Received 4 Mar 201928 River Bank Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JS
Received 18 May 2020SPENCYCROFT FARM, ALSTON
Received 10 Aug 1998MILL AND MIX BARN, MILBURN COURT, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TN
Received 13 Feb 2017Summerhouse Hill Killington KENDAL
Received 23 Nov 2023THE HOWES, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QG
Received 17 May 2019SHELL ULVERSTON OUBAS HILL, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LA
Received 29 Apr 2013PETER ROSS ELECTRICAL 9 KING STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7DZ
Received 1 Mar 2005Outside 21 Sedgwick Court & Outside 19 Sedgwick Court KENDAL LA9 5HZ
Received 5 Nov 2025PEAR TREE HOUSE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 28 Jun 2004STORAGE BUILDING ADJACENT CHURCH HOUSE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 30 Oct 200120, SOCKBRIDGE DRIVE, TIRRIL, PENRITH
Received 15 Sept 2001LAND BETWEEN, MARDALE ROAD AND HOLYOAKE TERRACE, PENRITH
Received 3 Jun 1998GRANGE-OVER-SANDS FIRE STATION, KENTS BANK ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 15 Dec 1997LAND AT HIGH GREEN FARM, WARCOP, APPLEBY, CA16 6NX
Received 12 Jan 2016LAND OFF CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH
Received 24 Jul 2020MEABURN HILL FARM, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3HN
Received 19 Feb 2016Records 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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