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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,792 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 22 Jun 1999Area surrounding Lakes Lodge Castlehead Lindale Grange-Over-Sands LA11 6QS
Received 20 May 2026HIGHWAYS DEPOT AREA 13, REDHILLS, PENRITH, CA11 0FF
Received 14 May 2020CASTLE SOWERBY EVANGELICAL CHAPEL, SOUR NOOK, SEBERGHAM, CARLISLE
Received 25 Jul 1998THE OLD POLICE STATION, TOWNHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SL
Received 30 Nov 2018Flats 1, 2 & 3, Gillam House, Gillam Yard, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LT
Received 10 Mar 2022SWARTHMOOR HALL FARM, SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JG
Received 23 Sept 2011ELMSFIELD PARK, HOLME
Received 30 Oct 2001BARN ADJ RUSHGILL HOUSE, SKELTON WOOD END, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9UB
Received 15 Jun 2018Seasalter Shellfish (Whitstable), , Seasalter Shellfish (Whitstable) Ltd, Coast Road, Roosebeck, Ulverston, LA12 0RF
Received 26 Aug 2016THE WOOLPACK INN, STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 7 Nov 19972 GRAYSON DRIVE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NY
Received 29 Sept 20067 NEW BANK YARD, KENDAL
Received 21 Jan 19921 HORSE MARKET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AS
Received 3 May 20126, CLITHEROE, ALSTON
Received 18 Mar 19961 PARK HOUSE DRIVE, HEVERSHAM, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EG
Received 17 Sept 2013LAND AT NORTH LODGE, SINGLETON PARK,, KENDAL
Received 17 Apr 2001SUNDOWN, THE PROMENADE, ARNSIDE
Received 17 Mar 20037 MEADOW GROVE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA117AT
Received 1 Dec 2003Low Barn, Main Street, Baycliff, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RN
Received 18 Jan 2022Low Dyke Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9PS
Received 25 Aug 2026Low Hall Beck, Killington, Carnforth, Cumbria Cumbria, LA6 2EZ
Received 3 Dec 2014LAND ADJ WALMER, CROFT HEAD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 11 Jan 201910 LOWTHER GLEN, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BP
Received 9 Jul 2019Records 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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