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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,708 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High Field Farm Ackenthwaite MILNTHORPE LA7 7DQ
Received 30 Aug 2024BAYCLIFF HAGGS QUARY, BAYCLIFF, ULVERSTON
Received 13 Jul 2006ARRAD FOOT FARM, ARRAD FOOT, ULVERSTON
Received 29 Apr 1996WHITE HOUSE, HOFF, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TA
Received 1 May 2019Dallam Barn, High Haverflatts, Haverflatts Lane, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DQ
Received 28 May 201913 CLIFF TERRACE, KENDAL
Received 2 Dec 1997Biggins House, High Biggins, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2NP
Received 27 Apr 202011 ALDER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8TT
Received 27 Jan 2022Kings Arms Temple Sowerby Cumbria CA10 1SB
Received 18 Mar 202410, CROFT AVENUE, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 8 Jul 2003FAWCETT PARK FARM, DUFTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6DA
Received 18 Sept 2017Flake How Beacon Street PENRITH CA11 7UA
Received 19 Mar 2025LAND OFF CHRISTIAN HEAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 23 Sept 2020FORMER FALMECH ENGINEERING/ FORMER ALSTON GAS WORKS SITE, NENTFORCE, ALSTON
Received 18 Jun 2004LAND AT MIDTOWN FARM, CLIFTON
Received 23 Jul 2019CHERRY TREES, HEWER HILL, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8HZ
Received 14 Apr 2014HOWDENS JOINERY, PART FORMER VIBROPLANT,, MINTSFEET ROAD NORTH, MINTSFEET ROAD, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KENDAL
Received 6 Sept 199917 HILL FALL, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BQ
Received 9 Jun 200540-52 BRENT ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8EN
Received 14 Dec 20161 Underley Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 5EU
Received 22 Apr 2016ROSE BANK, LEADGATE, ALSTON, CA9 3EL
Received 13 Apr 2018Centre Of Pond 32m From 6 Broom Close 29m From Broom Close Broom Close KENDAL LA9 6BN
Received 5 Dec 2025HOPE & ANCHOR, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 28 May 1996MILBURN GRANGE, APPLEBY
Received 19 May 2003Records 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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