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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,653 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
EDEN BRAE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9SL
Received 4 Aug 2003Fairlie, 11 Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 5 Oct 2023TEMPERANCE HALL, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 10 Aug 2004THACKA HOUSE, MILTON STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9HY
Received 21 Aug 2023Otter Bank, Canal Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EN
Received 12 Apr 20219 Fox Howe, Burlington Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JA
Received 26 Apr 2023LYNCROFT, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NZ
Received 4 Nov 2021Tram Lane / Dodgson Croft, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2HG
Received 13 Feb 2013PART FIELD OS8866, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 10 Oct 2000Tawnys Roost Cartmel Grange-over-sands LA11 7SR
Received 21 Aug 2026Eller Bank, Methven Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7DU
Received 10 Oct 2016LAND ADJACENT BUS SHELTER, WARCOP, APPLEBY
Received 2 Jan 199931 Greengate, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NF
Received 18 Oct 2021NORTHERN ROCK PLC, 21/23 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4LY
Received 16 Jan 20049 MEADOW CROFT, PENRITH
Received 14 Jul 2006Field north of Yaffles, Barrows Green, KENDAL, LA8 0JG
Received 30 May 2023Fairways, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AQ
Received 16 Jun 2020Tillers 5 Rowan Garth Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2JR
Received 19 Feb 2026Lake District Estates Co Ltd, 13 Maude Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4QD
Received 2 Aug 2012NENTHEAD MINES, HERITAGE CENTRE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PD
Received 2 Nov 2015WEST FARM, LOW PLAINS, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 27 Oct 1997PARKSIDE BUSINESS PARK, PARKSIDE ROAD,, KENDAL
Received 11 Apr 2003The Tannery, Tanpits Lane, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HZ
Received 23 Nov 2017FORMER BARNS, FOLLY LANE, PENRITH
Received 24 Sept 2001Records 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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