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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,443 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Eden Mount Close GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6FL
Received 1 Dec 2025Land to the south of Deepthwaite Farm, MILNTHORPE
Received 17 Apr 2020CASTLEHEAD FIELD CENTRE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA116QT
Received 6 May 2004WOODSIDE CARAVAN PARK, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TJ
Received 29 Nov 2011Moorcroft Cottage, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EP
Received 10 Aug 2023Land South of Allithwaite Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 5 Apr 20222 HILL TOP COTTAGE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HX
Received 5 Apr 2005TOWN HEAD FARM, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 26 Jul 2002ASHGARTH, THE ORCHARD, (OFF CART LANE),, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 16 Oct 200194 BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4RT
Received 17 Feb 2006Ford Park Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JP
Received 11 Aug 2016Unit 1 Mintsfeet Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DE
Received 10 Aug 2017Land adjacent to 47 Allithwaite Road, Flookburgh, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7JR
Received 30 Aug 20183 Friars Garth, Haggs Lane, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PJ
Received 19 Oct 201527 Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PN
Received 29 Jul 2022Little Acres, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NN
Received 4 Nov 202110 Union Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4RP
Received 12 Feb 2015Land at Crabtree Farm, Crabtree Lane, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PJ
Received 19 Jul 2021SOCKBRIDGE MILL TROUT FARM, TIRRIL, PENRITH
Received 18 Jan 2001WHITE GATE CARAVAN PARK, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6BU
Received 29 Apr 2013MOOR HOUSE, ORTON, CA10 3SA
Received 14 Jul 2006East Lodge Low Hesket CARLISLE CA4 0HW
Received 1 Mar 202414 WARWICK DRIVE, ENDMOOR, KENDAL, LA8 0EE
Received 1 Mar 20043 Coles Drive, ARNSIDE, LA5 0EJ
Received 24 Mar 2017Records 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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