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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,730 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
CORNER HOUSE, FRONT STREET, ALSTON
Received 15 Feb 1999LAND ADJOINNING GREEN MOUNT, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 16 Jun 2003THE ASHES CARAVAN PARK, NEW HUTTON
Received 12 Oct 2001Southfield, Orchard Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0DP
Received 18 Nov 2019DUCK POND BARN, SOWERBY ROW, CARLISLE, CA4 0QG
Received 2 Mar 202032 FINKLE STREET, KENDAL
Received 4 May 2000Land Adjacent to Vicarage Drive, Kendal, Cumbria
Received 21 Oct 2014The Mews Farmhouse, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, Cumbria, LA11 7QU
Received 13 Jul 2015HIGH CHAMBERS TENEMENT, BRIGSTEER, KENDAL, LA8 8AR
Received 12 Mar 2004CROSS VIEW COTTAGE, MARKET PLACE, ALSTON
Received 20 Jul 1998WH Smith 44 - 46 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4ND
Received 12 Feb 2019LAND AT LOWBYER MANOR FARM, ALSTON, CA9 3JX
Received 23 Mar 200424 MARKET PLACE, KENDAL, LA9 4TN
Received 13 Aug 2013FIELD ACCESS TO WEST OF B6254, ADJ TO SHEEP PEN AT BARKINBECK BRIDGE, PRESTON PATRICK, CUMBRIA
Received 15 Aug 2012Car park belonging to Cross Keys Hotel, Beetham Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QR
Received 23 Jul 20196 Dodding Holme, Mealbank, KENDAL, LA8 9DH
Received 3 Mar 2016ACORN BARN, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 27 Apr 2021ST KILDA, 3 YEW TREE ROAD, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7AA
Received 25 Oct 2011Fern Bank, Kents Bank Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7DJ
Received 26 Jun 20156 Market Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, LA6 2AU
Received 19 Jan 2016MOUNTAIN VIEW, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 22 Feb 1999Garden of Castle Mount Burton Road Oxenholme KENDAL LA9 7PR
Received 25 Mar 202695 HIGHGATE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4EN
Received 11 Feb 2005FORMER RAIL GOODS SHED/YARD, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 6 Oct 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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