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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,682 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 AT HILLTOP, BOLTON, APPLEBY, CUMBRIA
Received 21 Feb 2012DENDRON LODGE, DENDRON,, NORTH HILL
Received 9 Apr 20028 Granby Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AU
Received 2 Jul 2019DALLAM SCHOOL, HAVERFLATTS LANE, MILNTHORPE
Received 1 May 2001LAND AT GARRIGILL MINE SITE, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CUMBRIA
Received 22 Apr 2021FIELD ADJACENT TO BYRNES CLOSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 31 Jul 2017THE LUNSDALE BUILDING, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XG
Received 3 Sept 2003KIRKBIE KENDAL SCHOOL, LOUND ROAD, KENDAL
Received 8 Jul 1999ESCAFIELD (FORMERLY BARN CLOSE), LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 19 Apr 1998FERNLEA, RUCKCROFT, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QR
Received 28 Apr 2006Land at Sunny Bank, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PG
Received 4 Apr 2022STAINGILLS FARM, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QU
Received 24 May 2012Temple Bank Beetham Beetham MILNTHORPE LA7 7AL
Received 12 Mar 2024ANTHEMION, CARTMEL, LA11 6QD
Received 5 Aug 20054 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 22 Nov 1999PLAYERS COURT, CASTLEGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7HZ
Received 24 Aug 2022LAND TO THE REAR TEMPLE SOWERBY MEDICAL PRACTICE, LINDEN PARK, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RW
Received 28 Sept 2018ORCHARD HOUSE, TOWNFOOT, ALSTON, CA9 3HX
Received 20 Apr 2018Barn at Castly Bank Grayrigg KENDAL LA8 9ET
Received 26 Sept 2014HONEY POT COTTAGE, ALDINGHAM, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA129RT
Received 8 Mar 2004Groundwell Farm-Land off Sandside Lane, Sandside, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UB
Received 20 Jan 2021FORD PARK HOUSE, FORD PARK, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JP
Received 19 Mar 20126 Market Place, KENDAL, LA9 4TN
Received 10 May 201811 Milnthorpe Road, Holme, Carnforth, LA6 1PS
Received 28 Aug 2014Records 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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