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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,782 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Machell Close, ULVERSTON, LA12 7XE
Received 31 Oct 2019LAND ADJOINING LEA MOUNT, BAYCLIFF
Received 24 Jul 1996INMOOR, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH
Received 25 Aug 2000Rollen Court, Carr Bank Road, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LE
Received 2 Dec 2020ARLEY BANK, HUTTON LANE, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8PD
Received 29 May 2003Bellevue Princes Street ULVERSTON LA12 7NB
Received 13 Jan 2026LAND AT PEAFOOT, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 13 Jun 2017CUMBRIA TRANSMISSIONS, NORTH LONSDALE, ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 17 Sept 199689 BELLINGHAM ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5JU
Received 20 Feb 2006Land south of Lyndene, Holme Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7QD
Received 2 Sept 2013High Gillinggrove 23 Gillinggate KENDAL LA9 4JB
Received 1 Jul 2026Crossgill House Garrigill ALSTON CA9 3HE
Received 18 Dec 2023Foldgate, Cark Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SF
Received 20 Jan 20221E, 1 Cavendish Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 7 Mar 201724 SYCAMORE AVENUE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9ES
Received 2 May 20125 THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH, CA11 8TF
Received 28 Oct 2014HOWGILLFOOT, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 15 Feb 1997WESTMORLAND NURSING HOME, BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7RG
Received 22 Jun 2012Gooseholme Footbridge adjacent New Road, KENDAL, LA9 4UJ
Received 4 Jul 2019LAND ADJACENT TO FIVE OAKS, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 19 Sept 20143 PARK VIEW, CARTMEL
Received 8 Jul 2002Crabtree Farm, Crabtree Lane, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PJ
Received 31 Jan 2020APPLECROSS, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EE
Received 29 Apr 2013OS Field No 6300, Sunbrick Lane, Baycliff, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RQ
Received 24 Nov 2017Records 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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