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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,699 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Biggins Hall Farm Barn High Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2NP
Received 7 Feb 2025Swinburn House Berrier Road Greystoke Penrith CA11 0UE
Received 27 Jan 2026Field north of Whinfell Woodhouse Lane Heversham MILNTHORPE LA7 7EW
Received 5 Feb 2024JAPANS 4, FRENCHFIELD WAY, CARLETON, PENRITH
Received 26 Apr 1999THE RISE, ALSTON, CA9 3DB
Received 19 Apr 2021LOW GREAVE FARM, PENNINGTON
Received 31 May 200126 Strickland Court, Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QU
Received 28 Feb 202212 Rusland Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LX
Received 28 Jun 2018UNITARIAN CHAPEL, MARKET PLACE, KENDAL
Received 30 May 199714 The Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DY
Received 14 Sept 2022PLOT 9 PHASE 7, CARLETON HEIGHTS, PENRITH
Received 17 Dec 2002LAND OPPOSITE SOUTHWAITE INSTITUTE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 16 Apr 1999HOME FARM, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RQ
Received 7 Jan 2004Rocklands, Rockland Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HR
Received 17 Jul 2023WHITE HOUSE FARM, SOUTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 5 Nov 2018SMARDALE GILL NATURE RESERVE, NEWBIGGIN ON LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 23 Feb 2006Croft House, 4 Yard 72 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 2 Jan 2020Morrisons Daily Lound Road KENDAL LA9 7FU
Received 14 May 2026AMBERLEY HOUSE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BA
Received 16 Nov 2021OLD TOWN FARM, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HY
Received 28 Jan 2004CASTLE VIEW HOWE, OLD TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3SS
Received 19 Sept 20054 CHURCH VIEW, HEVERSHAM
Received 30 Jan 1998CLYDE COTTAGE, YARD 143 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 20 Aug 2002OWNERS ACCOMMODATION AT WHITBARROW FARM, BERRIER, CA11 0XB
Received 21 Jul 2016Records 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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