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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,806 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 KINGSWAY, ULVERSTON
Received 11 Dec 1996HIGH HOUSE, HARD EDGE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PR
Received 7 Aug 2020BUILDINGS AT NEW HOUSE FARM (UNIT 3), ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SD
Received 25 Sept 2015STREET HEAD FARM, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NG
Received 16 Nov 2011PLOT 3, UNDERWOOD, BRIGSTEER ROAD, KENDAL
Received 3 Apr 1998135-139 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4RF
Received 30 May 2019CROWN INN FIELDS, MORLAND, PENRITH
Received 4 Jun 19984 Greengate Gardens, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8QL
Received 29 Apr 2015Beathwaite Close, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NP
Received 6 Dec 2017LANE HOUSE BARNS, OFF THE A65, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CUMBRIA
Received 18 May 2012CEDARS, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 10 Aug 2020Tenement Tarn, Garnett Bridge Road, KENDAL, LA8 9AG
Received 27 May 2016TRINITY CHURCH, NEW CHURCH LANE,, ULVERSTON
Received 23 Aug 199960 & 62 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 9 Oct 2001WEST PLAIN FARM, MOOR LANE, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LS
Received 13 May 2004LOW STREET COTTAGE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 0JD
Received 19 Aug 201511 ASH GROVE, ULVERSTON.
Received 11 Mar 1998LAND AT BLENKET FARM, JACK HILL, ALLITHWAITE
Received 29 Apr 19995 & 6 CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 15 Jun 20219, LAMBLEA, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 29 Nov 1996PRESTON PATRICK HALL, MILNTHORPE
Received 29 Sept 1997BARROCKSIDE COTTAGE, CARLETON, CARLISLE, CA4 0DA
Received 22 Nov 2021PLOT 1, BARN RIGG, BARBON, CUMBRIA
Received 3 Oct 2005GREENGATE, KENDAL
Received 31 Oct 2002Records 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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