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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,633 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT 6B, ELEPHANT YARD, KENDAL
Received 17 Apr 2000RIGNEY BANK HOUSE, 17 THE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE
Received 9 Jun 2000MIDFIELD FARM, GAISGILL, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 7 Oct 20021, STONESHOT, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 3 Oct 20002 Eden Mount Close, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6FL
Received 4 Jun 201939 PEAT LANE, KENDAL, LA9 6LA
Received 2 Aug 2005NAGS HEAD FARM, HOFF, APPLEBY
Received 6 Jan 200046 Greengate, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NF
Received 10 Jun 2020LAND AT GHYLL HOUSE, ALSTON, CA9 3BL
Received 17 Feb 202011 Market Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AU
Received 30 Jul 2025LAND TO REAR OF STAYNE GARTH, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 13 Nov 20232 ANCHORITE PLACE, KENDAL
Received 19 Feb 1998LAND AT LAMBRIGG HEAD FARM, LAMBRIGG
Received 30 Nov 20016 Urswick Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LH
Received 5 Aug 2022CROSBY MILL COTTAGE LEASES, SMARDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 28 May 1999Low Wood Edge Farm, Haverbrack, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AJ
Received 15 Jun 2021Grandy Nook, Low Fellside, KENDAL, LA9 4NZ
Received 14 Jun 2021BURTON SERVICES NORTHBOUND, M6 MOTORWAY,, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 29 Mar 2001BARN B, THE OLD COTTAGE BARN, GARGREAVE, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TS
Received 17 Aug 2005EXISTING DWELLING THE GEORGE HOTEL, MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 28 Jul 2004THACKA LEA CARAVAN PARK, THACKA LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9HX
Received 8 Jun 2020HOLLIN BANK, GARTH ROW
Received 19 Apr 2002DEVONSHIRE HOUSE, MAIN STREET, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, CUMBRIA
Received 2 Aug 2004ID 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 10 Lingwood Park, Linksfield & Fellgate House Cartmel Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QA
Received 23 Dec 2024Records 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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