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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,439 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jan 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CHAPEL COTTAGE, SOULBY, KIRBY STEPHEN
Received 8 Apr 2003POPPIN COTTAGE, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EF
Received 11 May 2016HOLLINS ROW, BURNESIDE
Received 9 Apr 2002Rimington, 49 Black Dyke Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HZ
Received 15 Apr 2016BOND PRECISION CASTINGS LTD, POTTERS LOANING, ALSTON, CA9 3TP
Received 9 Aug 201374 LIGHTBURN AVENUE, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DL
Received 21 Jul 2005Elmsfield Park, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1RJ
Received 7 Jul 2021PT OS FIELD 6230 SHIRE FARM, OUSBY, PENRITH
Received 2 Apr 2003OLD DANS, CARK HOUSE COURT, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, CUMBRIA, LA11 7PE
Received 17 Aug 2012MILLCREST HOUSE, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6NY
Received 16 Feb 2004GREENSIDE, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 20 Jan 2020BIRKS FARM, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NN
Received 25 Sept 2017FORMER HIGH CHAPEL, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NG
Received 9 Aug 201239 TRINITY DRIVE, HOLME, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QL
Received 7 Apr 2004Land to the east of Inglewood Terrace, Foxfield, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BX
Received 8 Jul 2020Antenna North of Foulstone Cottage, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PP
Received 6 Jun 2022Low Park ALSTON CA9 3BD
Received 4 Feb 2026Former Bluefin Insurance Offices, Fleece Inn Yard, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4TA
Received 8 Mar 2018Land at Stribers Allotment, Haverthwaite, Cumbria, LA12 8PE
Received 21 May 2015Springs View, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 3 Apr 2023HARBERWAIN, KEASDALE ROAD, CARR BANK, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JZ
Received 10 Apr 2012PLEASANT HOUSE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PS
Received 11 Sept 200322 Yeats Close KENDAL LA9 5HY
Received 17 Oct 2024OS 3933, ROMAN ROAD, APPLEBY
Received 3 May 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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