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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,452 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Dec 1999 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WELLS HOUSE FARM, CARTMEL, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6PN
Received 25 Oct 2012CHARLES STEWART COMMERCIAL GARAGE, HARMONY HILL, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QA
Received 24 Mar 2005Land adj Oak Bank Sebergham CARLISLE CA5 7DY
Received 19 Aug 20242 LYNDHURST ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 16 Sept 2002FIELD NUMBER 0434, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LZ
Received 8 Jan 202115 MAIN ROAD, SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RZ
Received 18 May 2006LAND AT, SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE
Received 22 May 2002Longrigg Service Station, Little Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PR
Received 6 Jun 2016Land at Brigsteer Road (Phase 3) KENDAL LA9
Received 11 May 202616 SPITAL PARK, KENDAL
Received 15 Oct 2002Land adjacent to the south of Urchin Rigg Bodyshop, Gatebeck Lane, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0HN
Received 10 Feb 2021Lilac Cottage, Flookburgh, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7LN
Received 15 May 201444 TRINKELD AVENUE, SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON, LA12 0XB
Received 8 Aug 2003SHELL PENRITH, VICTORIA ROAD, PENRITH
Received 7 Dec 2001GREENWAYS HOUSE, INGLEWOOD, PENRITH
Received 11 May 2004POST OFFICE, 25 PROMENADE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0HA
Received 10 Dec 2012ALDI, GIBRALTAR & UNIT 1 SEDAN BUILDINGS, CAVENDISH WAY, PENRITH, CA11 7GS
Received 22 Dec 2020YARDS 110 & 112 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 17 Aug 2001BARN NEAR TO TOWN END COTTAGE, LAITHES, PENRITH, CA11 0AW
Received 1 Oct 2003RHEGED UPLAND KINGDOM DISCOVERY CEN, REDHILLS, PENRITH
Received 25 Jun 2001LAND AT RAISELANDS FARM, SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9NQ
Received 12 Aug 2022BANK HOUSE, THE PROMENADE, ARNSIDE
Received 13 Nov 20014 Solway View Hutton End Penrith CA11 9TT
Received 24 Nov 2023MIDDLE FARM, LAITHES, PENRITH, CA11 0AW
Received 14 Oct 2011Records 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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