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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,645 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND TO THE REAR OF STAINMORE CAFÉ, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EU
Received 19 Oct 2022Wilman, Morecambe Road, Ulverston, LA12 9BL
Received 4 Nov 2014ASH GARTH, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EJ
Received 13 Feb 2020207 Windermere Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5EY
Received 20 May 2015TRACK APPROX 500M NW OF PLANTATION NOOK, PLANTATION NOOK, CROGLIN, CARLISLE, CA4 9RT
Received 15 Mar 20222, CASTLEGATE, PENRITH
Received 26 Feb 1999DR MANNINGS YARD, HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 29 Nov 2000GREEN LEA, KIRKHEAD ROAD, KENTS BANK, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 11 Apr 2002Coach House, Stockbridge House, Stockbridge Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BG
Received 20 Mar 20183 Low Garth, KENDAL, LA9 5NZ
Received 1 Jun 202254 Stricklandgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4ND
Received 22 Aug 201245 Helmside Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7HA
Received 24 May 2022Land off Kendal Parks Road Kendal LA9 7SN
Received 17 Nov 2025SOUTH VIEW HOUSE, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PN
Received 6 Oct 202118 Alexander Road ULVERSTON LA12 0DE
Received 16 Oct 2025Thatchmoor Cottage, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DQ
Received 12 Oct 2017LAND AT CRABTREE FARM, LUPTON
Received 27 Oct 2005WESTWOOD FARM, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 21 Apr 2005KENTSIDE, 20 YARD 43 HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 17 Mar 2000THE VALVE HOUSE, FISHER TARN IMPOUNDING, RESERVOIR, OFF A684, NEW HUTTON
Received 15 Jun 19989 Bective Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BG
Received 30 Apr 2019THE PASTURES, TEMPLAND LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, CUMBRIA, LA11 7QY
Received 9 Jul 200458 JUTLAND AVENUE, RAVENSTOWN
Received 26 Apr 2000FIELD 3959 (PART OF) LONG GARTH, SCHOOL LANE, OUTHGILL, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 29 Feb 2000Records 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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