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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,471 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 1999 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
KELD BARN, CROFT ENDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JW
Received 19 Apr 2022Wood Lee, Leighton Drive, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA7 7BE
Received 24 Feb 2017Beck House Cottage, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9ET
Received 7 Jun 20183 CHURCH VIEW, URSWICK
Received 14 Aug 2002YEWTREE FARM, BARBON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2LL
Received 1 Feb 2013HAZEL COTTAGE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PG
Received 23 Oct 2003CASTLESTEADS FARM, CASTLESTEADS, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NS
Received 15 May 2014WELLS HOUSE FARM, FORD ROAD, CARTMEL, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6PN
Received 28 Mar 2012YEWBARROW HOUSE HAMPSFELL ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA116BE
Received 22 Jul 2003WORKSHOP ON QUEENS COURT, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 14 Nov 2005Plot of land adjacent to The Langdales, Underhill, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8PJ
Received 20 Nov 2018The Fountain House 8 Beck Head Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AY
Received 22 Jul 2024121 Vicarage Drive, Kendal, LA9 5BX
Received 23 Mar 2018Crakeside Fish And Chips, Greenodd, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RT
Received 22 Jun 2022OASIS LAKELAND HOLIDAY VILLAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 18 Dec 2002Plot Immediately to the South of Moss Hall, Carr Bank Road, Milnthorpe, LA7 7LB
Received 5 Jan 2016TOWN HEAD FARM, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 21 Jun 20199 LOW MILL, LANGWATHBY, CA10 1NQ
Received 19 Feb 2021THE LODGE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BU
Received 14 Mar 20226 Mount Street, Kendal, LA9 4LB
Received 15 Sept 2016105A Sedbergh Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6BE
Received 15 Jul 2013Rostherne, Charney Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BP
Received 10 Oct 2022MIDTOWN FARM, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 28 Sept 2018D Lowther, Quebec Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 9AB
Received 7 Nov 2019Records 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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