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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,741 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ravenscourt, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EL
Received 25 Aug 2020High House Farm, High House, Lowgill, Kendal, LA8 0BW
Received 1 Mar 2016LAND BETWEEN 27/33 WATERY LANE, ULVERSTON
Received 1 Aug 2005St Marys Parish Church, Church Lane, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AU
Received 3 May 2016AUGILL CASTLE, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA174DE
Received 12 Aug 2003THE SNOOTY FOX, MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AH
Received 7 Apr 2006EDEN GROVE, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6FT
Received 24 Feb 2023CENTER PARCS, WHINFELL FOREST, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA10 2DW
Received 12 Apr 202210 ABBOTSGATE, KIRKBY LONSDALE.
Received 15 Dec 1998HILL HOUSE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH
Received 14 Jan 199216 CHESTNUT GROVE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HF
Received 28 Feb 2013Junction B5281 with Cumbria Way ULVERSTON LA12 7PH
Received 31 Mar 2026LAND AT CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY, CA16 6HX
Received 13 Sept 2023HIGHWAYS DEPOT, CHAPEL TERRACE, ALSTON, CA9 3SP
Received 2 May 20185 White Hart Yard Cornmarket PENRITH CA11 7HR
Received 8 Aug 2024CAUSEWAY HOUSE, CARLETON, CARLISLE, CA4 0DA
Received 20 Feb 2020Heatherbank, New Barns Road, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0BB
Received 5 Jul 20152 Turners Farm Cottages Hutton Roof CARNFORTH LA6 2PG
Received 8 Apr 2024Swarthmoor Hall Wood, Springfield Park Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EH
Received 9 Jul 2018Low Flan Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 29 Apr 2019Weint End Barn, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SP
Received 14 Feb 2020BURTON OLD HALL, TANPITS LANE,, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 24 Aug 1999THE INDIAN PRINCE, 48-50 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AJ
Received 12 May 20053 CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 1 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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