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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARN ADJOINING MAINS FARM, CROSBY GARRETT, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 14 Dec 2002Roan Edge, Landfill & Recycling Facility, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AP
Received 1 Nov 2019Birch Wood Leighton Drive Slackhead MILNTHORPE LA7 7BE
Received 8 Oct 2025Birkby Hall Cottage, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NP
Received 8 Aug 2017Vacant plot off Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AT
Received 12 May 2022BEETHAM NURSERIES, POOL DARKIN LANE, BEETHAM, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AP
Received 9 Jul 2004Broadpot Hill Potters Loaning ALSTON CA9 3AD
Received 17 Sept 2024Alderley Beacon Street PENRITH CA11 7TZ
Received 15 Jan 20241 Southwaite Road Low Hesket Carlisle CA4 0ES
Received 26 Sept 20242 PARK CROFT, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AF
Received 20 Jul 2012Sir John Barrow Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SZ
Received 28 Nov 20182 Barn Holme, Kendal, LA9 5LP
Received 28 Apr 201512 HOLME HOUSES, BURNESIDE, KENDAL, LA9 6RA
Received 19 Dec 2003Sunderlands, Rake Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NG
Received 3 Aug 2017Orchard House, 2 Hazelcroft Gardens, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AN
Received 7 Feb 2018FIELD NO 0380, GATEBECK, LA8 0HW
Received 19 Apr 2006BARN BEHIND RED HOUSE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BN
Received 8 Sept 2004CANAL SIDE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9ER
Received 29 May 2012BARN AT VIOLET BANK FARM, BOLTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6AW
Received 9 Sept 2014CATON LANE, CARK IN CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NY
Received 8 Aug 2005Shaws Wiend Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6RQ
Received 16 Oct 2025NEW HALL FARM, BARRAS, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 25 May 2000LOWGATE HOUSE, LOWGATE, LEVENS
Received 22 Jul 2002WELL COTTAGE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 24 Jan 2023Records 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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