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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 ROWAN AVENUE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HG
Received 18 May 2006Sellett Estate, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 17 Jul 2019HAMPSFELL COTTAGE, HAMPSFELL ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BG
Received 23 Jun 2006CASTLE BANK LODGE, APPLEBY
Received 21 Aug 2001Ling Farm Cliburn Penrith CA10 3AL
Received 21 Jul 20264 Market Place & 1,3 and 5 Queen Street ULVERSTON LA12
Received 19 May 2025REEDS LTD PRINTWORKS, SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JH
Received 15 Dec 2015Hallsteam Farm Buckhorn Lane Chapels KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7XX
Received 22 Jun 2026ACORN BANK, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SP
Received 5 Aug 20151 TEMPLAND PARK, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 28 Sept 1990THE HOLLIES, WATER STREET, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AZ
Received 8 Jul 2016SHEPHERDS INN, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 1 Feb 2001KENDAL NURSERY SCHOOL, BRANTFIELD, QUEENS ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4PH
Received 30 Mar 2012Foxfield to Low Shaw, Duddon Valley, Cumbria
Received 15 Aug 20162 BOX TREE FARM, BARBON
Received 7 Jun 2001Sunny Bank Grayrigg KENDAL LA8 9BU
Received 15 May 2024KIRKBY LONSDALE GOLF CLUB, SCALEBAR LANE, BARBON
Received 12 Jun 200043-45 BRANTHWAITE BROW, KENDAL
Received 28 Jan 2003ROSE COTTAGE, UNTHANK
Received 9 Apr 2003GREENACRE, TIRRIL, PENRITH, CA10 2JE
Received 6 Nov 2015RAILWAY STATION, GRANGE OVER SANDS
Received 3 Feb 2003THE STABLES, OLDFIELD FARM, DOCKER, NR KENDAL
Received 4 Oct 1991LAND ADJACENT TENDOT BARN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 13 Jun 20005 & 6 CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 12 Jun 2017Records 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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