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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,798 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
OLD N/W WATER DEPOT BUILDING, TOWER STREET, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA
Received 31 Aug 2004Tanah Lot, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SP
Received 17 Oct 2016ELLWOOD CROFT, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HY
Received 25 Apr 2017Preston Patrick Hall, Preston Patrick, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NY
Received 15 Nov 2022GLANEILS KENNELS & CATTERY, STATION LANE, BURTON IN KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA6 1HS
Received 25 Nov 20049 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY
Received 23 May 2005KENDAL SKI CLUB THORNY HILLS, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 28 Aug 2003Autumn House Hackthorpe Penrith CA10 2HX
Received 13 Dec 202415 Greendales Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7RU
Received 11 Dec 2023DEDRA BANKS, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3HQ
Received 22 Apr 2013QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2HJ
Received 9 Nov 2004LAND OFF SCAUR LANE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BX
Received 20 Sept 2023ROSE COTTAGE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AJ
Received 15 Jun 2015THE CELLS, THE OLD COURTHOUSE, HIGH STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SH
Received 3 Aug 201848 -50 HIGHGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4HA
Received 23 May 2003The Old Coach House, Cavendish Street, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QA
Received 9 Oct 2020OS Field No 0088, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PH
Received 31 Jan 2017SITE ON, MONNINGTON WAY, PENRITH
Received 11 Oct 2001Sellet Hall Barns, Stainton, Kendal, LA8 0LE
Received 6 Mar 2014CHERRY TREES, HAGGS LANE, CARTMEL.
Received 29 Apr 1998MOTHERBY WWTW, OFF THE B5288, MOTHERBY, PENRITH, CA11 0RJ
Received 11 Dec 2019CELLERON SOUTH FARM, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2LS
Received 16 Feb 20218 Headless Close, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SD
Received 13 Apr 2021Land adjacent to Blue Bell Bungalow, Brogden Street, Ulverston, LA12 0AY
Received 5 Mar 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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