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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,792 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BROOKLYN, BRAMPTON ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3AA
Received 7 Apr 2014Land adjacent to A65, opposite Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale
Received 27 Nov 201288 GREENSIDE, KENDAL, LA9 5DT
Received 12 Aug 2004MANSGROVE FARM, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AY
Received 7 Apr 20169 Gill Garth ULVERSTON LA12 7FF
Received 24 Mar 202528 Rusland Crescent ULVERSTON LA12 9LX
Received 29 Apr 2026LARCH COTTAGE NURSERIES, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DR
Received 13 Nov 20142 CAESARS VIEW, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6SH
Received 10 Jan 2005RAMPSON, SOUTH STAINMORE, STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EU
Received 24 Aug 2006THE LOST CABINS, UDFORD RISE, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SS
Received 1 Nov 202272, BARCO AVENUE, PENRITH
Received 19 May 200337, PENNYHILL PARK, PENRITH
Received 29 Jan 2002Lupton Hall, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PX
Received 4 Nov 202117 Somme Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LJ
Received 23 Mar 2020Site of Former Toll House, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BE
Received 20 Oct 20202-3 OVERBURN, ALSTON, CA9 3SH
Received 30 Apr 2012Land adjacent Hutton Substation, Greenmoor Bank Farm, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NT
Received 16 Feb 2017RANDALHOLME, ALSTON, CA9 3LA
Received 22 Feb 20214 KELLS SPRING, CLICKHAM, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0BZ
Received 17 May 2017LEASES, SMARDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 5 Nov 1996Topthorn Farm, Whinfell, KENDAL, LA8 9EG
Received 3 Mar 2021THE SUN, MARKET STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 10 Feb 20005 Abbotsgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2JS
Received 8 Jun 2015The Old Vicarage, Glebe Close, Burton in Kendal, Cumbria, LA6 1PL
Received 4 Aug 2015Records 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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