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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,445 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land East, Ulverston Road, Gleaston, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PZ
Received 17 Mar 2022Recreational Area, Promenade, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DR
Received 17 Aug 2021Land off Brigsteer Road, Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, LA9 5DZ
Received 27 Jan 202317 KIRKBIE GREEN, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 2 Apr 20126 MEADOWSIDE CLOSE, GATEBECK
Received 17 Oct 2002Oxley Development Co Ltd, Priory Park, Ulverston, LA12 9QG
Received 23 Jul 2014LAND NORTH OF PENNINE CLOSE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 15 Jul 2019FAWCETT MILL, GAISGILL, ORTON
Received 20 Apr 2004WYEBOURNE, REAGILL, PENRITH
Received 14 Mar 2003LONGACRES, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 7 Mar 2016Stoney Cragg Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PS
Received 14 Feb 2023KINGSWOOD, KENTSFORD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 8 May 200319 WALKER RISE, PENRITH
Received 7 Feb 2002The Willows, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0ST
Received 15 Mar 202237 Fairfield, Flookburgh, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7NB
Received 23 Sept 2016Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 7 Aug 2023LAND ADJOINING CHURCH RISE, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 13 Sept 2018LAND ADJACENT TO PARK GARTH, URWSICK
Received 27 Nov 2001FORMER CASTLE HOTEL, 2 NORFOLK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9AA
Received 21 Mar 20129 RILEYFIELD ROAD, MILNTHORPE
Received 7 Jun 2001LAND AT VALE VIEW, SCALES, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PB
Received 24 Jul 2012WHITE COTTAGE, ALSTON, CA9 3BW
Received 8 Feb 2021HAGG FARM, NEW HUTTON
Received 18 Apr 2000Beacon Homecare, , HOLMELEIGH, WILLIAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UP
Received 21 Apr 2022Records 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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