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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,714 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WRENMORE, TOWNHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SL
Received 24 Jun 2013Firs Edge Alston Youth Hostel The Firs ALSTON CA9 3RW
Received 29 Apr 2024ROWE END FARM, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RP
Received 25 Jul 20128 NEW ROAD, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 20 Mar 200315 CASTLE GREEN LANE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6BA
Received 9 Sept 2005The Old Farmhouse Scales ULVERSTON LA12 0PE
Received 12 Jan 2026THE VETERINARY CENTRE, CARLETON, PENRITH, CA11 8TZ
Received 24 Aug 202123 WARWICK DRIVE, SUMMERLANDS, KENDAL
Received 2 Jun 199913a Haliburton Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7HJ
Received 4 Mar 20146 Raygarth, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DS
Received 3 Sept 2019THE HUT, (WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF), THE OLD SPADE FORGE, ROSSIDE
Received 5 Jun 19965 Rowan Tree Crescent KENDAL LA9 6AW
Received 26 Aug 2026BLUE GRASS BARN, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DY
Received 13 Jun 2023THE GROTTO, YANWATH, PENRITH
Received 13 May 1998CHURCH FARM, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AY
Received 12 Aug 201939 GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH, CA11 7BN
Received 30 Mar 2015Land off Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, LA9 5DZ
Received 28 Mar 2023MURTON HALL FARM, MURTON, APPLEBY
Received 14 Dec 2002ULVERSTON LEISURE CENTRE, PRIORY ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 19 Jun 2000Nos 2 and 3 The Paddocks, Pennington Lane, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7SE
Received 7 Mar 2016THE MOUNT, OUTCAST, ULVERSTON
Received 23 Dec 1998Old Hall Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PA
Received 6 Apr 2017RESIDENTIAL BARN CONVERSION ADJ TO GAWTHWAITE BARN, GAWTHWAITE, LA12 8EU
Received 24 Jan 2006HOLY GHOST CHURCH, MIDDLETON, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 13 Jul 2012Records 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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