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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,460 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARN AT CASTLETHWAITE, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JT
Received 23 Oct 201238 GREENSIDE, KENDAL
Received 27 Mar 2003DENMARK HALL, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PL
Received 6 Jan 2023Woodvale, Dove Nest Lane, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EY
Received 21 May 2018PENNINE PARK, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 5 Apr 20069 TRINKELD AVENUE, SWARTHMOOR
Received 25 Jan 20028 Plantation Avenue, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HT
Received 20 Apr 2023Storth Church Of England Storth Road Storth MILNTHORPE LA7 7JA
Received 19 Dec 2024HOLLY BANK HOUSE, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JT
Received 16 Sept 2019PLOT 2, NEW POWLEYS GARTH, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH
Received 17 Dec 2002Well Cottage, BARDSEA, LA12 9QY
Received 1 Aug 2016Mansion House Main Street Burton-in-Kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1LQ
Received 24 Oct 2025THE FLAT AT SECOND FLOOR LEVEL 9 BRIDGE STREET, APPLEBY
Received 31 Mar 2003Pear Tree Cottage Dalton Burton-in-kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1NN
Received 12 Feb 2024FIELD OS L1620, LAND SOUTH OF GARTH ROW, SKELSMERGH, KENDAL
Received 13 Apr 200539 Priory Lane, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7BH
Received 17 Jan 2018WOODLEE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH
Received 6 Aug 2002UNIT 10, GLOUCESTER YARD, PENRITH, CA11 7DE
Received 30 Jan 2006THORNHILL, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BU
Received 11 Jul 2023MILL CLOSE HOUSE, OLD HALL ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 13 Jan 2000Appletree School, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7QS
Received 13 Jun 201617 Hazelgarth Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7RS
Received 23 Jan 2025RAISGILL HALL, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3UB
Received 22 Jun 2016ARQIVA RAVENSTONEDALE TRANSMITTER STATION, ASH FELL, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 1 Jul 2005Records 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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