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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WAITBY LONGBARN, WAITBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 29 Aug 1999BLENKET FARM, JACK HILL, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RL
Received 6 Nov 20121 CHESTNUT GROVE, ULVERSTON
Received 23 Aug 2000HILL FARMHOUSE, CARTMEL
Received 4 Feb 1997Lyn Crag, Thornfield Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DR
Received 22 Jul 2021LAND AT MEG BANK FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 4 Apr 2016MIDDLESCEUGH HALL, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0NN
Received 15 May 2023GREY GABLES, SOUTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SN
Received 7 Jul 2022LAND AT FLOOKBURGH LODGE,, 17 STATION ROAD, FLOOKBURGH
Received 7 Nov 2001LAND TO THE REAR OF TEMPLE SOWERBY MEDICAL CENTRE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 25 Jun 2018WISEBER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LE
Received 9 Jun 2022SOUTH GREEN, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 4 Nov 2014WHITBARROW VILLAGE, BERRIER, GREYSTOKE
Received 1 Feb 1991Land near Hare Ghyll Cottage, DALTON in FURNESS, Cumbria
Received 27 Feb 2015PARK HOUSE, CARTMEL
Received 2 Oct 1997CANDY SLACK, SELSIDE, KENDAL
Received 10 Oct 1991Neville House, Neville Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BL
Received 27 Apr 2018Prizet Filling Station, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AA
Received 21 Sept 2017The Old Vicarage, Glebe Close, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PL
Received 20 Oct 2022BIGGINS HALL, BIGGINS, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 9 Nov 19899 APPLERIGG, KENDAL
Received 5 Jun 2001124 HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 16 Dec 1996ROSE BANK, AYNSOME ROAD, CARTMEL
Received 16 Dec 200211 Castle Circle, KENDAL, LA9 7BB
Received 24 Oct 2016Records 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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