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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,443 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
YEWTREE HOUSE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 26 Nov 2002BARN AT LOW FLASS, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LJ
Received 23 Nov 2015Lonsdale Barn, Hutton Roof, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PG
Received 28 Mar 2019Moto Hospitality Ltd Southwaite Motorway Services Area South Broadfield Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0NT
Received 14 Sept 2026Raw Head Cottage, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AR
Received 7 Apr 2017THE HERMITAGE, ALSTON, CA9 3DB
Received 13 Mar 201910 RYDAL ROAD, ULVERTON
Received 8 Oct 2001PLOT 1, NEW POWLEYS GARTH, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH
Received 20 Feb 2003Grange Outdoor Pool, The Promenade, Grange over Sands, Cumbria
Received 7 Oct 2014WHITEHOUSE FARM, HIGH STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SH
Received 30 Sept 2013LAND AT HIGH THORNS FARM, WATCHGATE,, KENDAL
Received 5 Nov 2002APPLEGARTH, 10 CHURCH STREET, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DX
Received 4 Jun 2003FORMER NORWEB DEPOT, CROSS CROFT, APPLEBY
Received 13 Oct 200031 WATTSFIELD ROAD, KENDAL
Received 20 Mar 2000STONE CROSS MANSION, DALTONGATE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RY
Received 15 Jul 2005HOLLY FIELD, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 19 May 2017Land Northeast of, The Swiss Barn, Main Street, BURTON in KENDAL, Cumbria, LA6 1LX
Received 1 Jun 20155 WEST GREEN, BIRKRIGG PARK, ULVERSTON, LA12 0UP
Received 18 May 200523 Beast Banks, KENDAL, LA9 4JJ
Received 28 Apr 2021Ulverston Garages, Kings Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BT
Received 7 Aug 20152-4 Police Square, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PY
Received 22 Aug 201841 CASTLE STREET, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 7AD
Received 24 Apr 2012Coupland Beck Farm Coupland Beck APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6LN
Received 26 Jun 2026AVENUE COTTAGE, 12 BEECH BANK, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EZ
Received 27 Nov 2006Records 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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