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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,665 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE HERMITAGE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HX
Received 6 Dec 2018Land adjacent to 59 Captain French Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HP
Received 3 Oct 2016ROOKERY FARM BARN, CROSBY GARRETT, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PW
Received 14 Feb 2012Turicum, 49 Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AR
Received 14 Jun 2021WARCOP VILLAGE HALL, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NX
Received 28 Apr 2015MOSEY COTTAGE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9ST
Received 5 Oct 2004Yew Tree Cottage, Barn Garth, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PP
Received 31 Jul 2017Lyne Close, Woodhouse, MILNTHORPE, Cumbria, LA7 7LZ
Received 25 Jan 2023FARM BUILDINGS AT GREENCASTLE, SOUTH OF ALSTON, ALSTON
Received 6 Feb 2015Land off Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH
Received 20 May 2019Skewbank, High Tenterfell, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4PQ
Received 10 May 2013FIELD TO THE REAR OF, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEBAY, CUMBRIA, CA10 3TH
Received 22 Oct 2018HALL BANK, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0AU
Received 20 Mar 2013Lakeland Holiday Park Moor Lane Flookburgh Cumbria LA11 7LT
Received 22 Nov 202311 FORD PARK, ULVERSTON
Received 27 Aug 1997Plantation Filling Station, Plantation Bridge, KENDAL, LA8 9JA
Received 20 Sept 2022Warcop House Warcop Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6NX
Received 9 Oct 20254, ROMANY WAY, APPLEBY
Received 14 Aug 2000LOWFIELD, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 15 Aug 20033 BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UE
Received 29 Oct 2021129 ALLITHWAITE ROAD, FLOOKBURGH
Received 24 Jul 200066 Burlington Close Kirkby-in-furness LA17 7UG
Received 24 Apr 2025LAND ADJACENT TO IVY COTTAGE, AIKETGATE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TH
Received 5 Oct 2018LAND EAST OF THE THORPE, GREYSTOKE
Received 23 Apr 2021Records 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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