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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,721 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PRIORY GARDENS, PRIEST LANE, CARTMEL, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6PU
Received 10 Feb 2012LAKELAND LEISURE PARK, MOOR LANE, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 28 Jan 2013YEWTREE FARM, BARBON, LA6 2LL
Received 14 Dec 2012FERN COTTAGE & MIDTOWN COTTAGE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AR
Received 9 Nov 201764 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4TF
Received 19 Oct 2022Priory Park House ULVERSTON LA12 9QG
Received 24 Sept 2025GARTH HOUSE, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QT
Received 21 Sept 2021Pizza Express 6 Wainwrights Yard KENDAL LA9 4DP
Received 5 Jan 2024Ringing Stones, Levens Lane, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NQ
Received 16 Dec 2019SEA ROCKS, LINDALE ROAD, GRANGE
Received 27 Mar 2003LOW STENNERSKEUGH, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LL
Received 22 Dec 2005BECK HOUSE FARM, KILLINGTON
Received 24 Jan 2001George And Dragon Clifton Penrith CA10 2ER
Received 15 Mar 2024PEMBROKE FARM, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DE
Received 14 Sept 20182 LOW COTE GHYLL, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8TA
Received 12 Mar 2012LAND ADJACENT TO 6 GARBURN ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6JP
Received 28 Jul 200326 Gillinggate, Kendal, LA9 4JE
Received 14 May 2021SANDWATH FARMHOUSE, GLASSONBY, PENRITH
Received 16 Apr 2003WINTON HALL, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 16 Jun 2003Deans Biggin Farm, Mansergh, Carnforth, LA6 2EL
Received 14 Aug 2014Old Orchard, Orchard Road, ARNSIDE, LA5 0DP
Received 2 May 2017Land west of Leasgill House, Leasgill, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7ET
Received 24 Jul 2015Derwen Cottage, Charney Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BP
Received 28 Jul 2020Above Gate Farm, Leece, Ulverston, LA12 0QP
Received 12 Sept 2014Records 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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