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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
DODGSON CROFT GARDENS, TRAM LANE, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 14 Nov 199174 Jutland Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LQ
Received 31 Oct 2017BIRKTHWAITE FARM, WREAY
Received 12 May 2003Kendal Market Hall Market Place KENDAL LA9 4LR
Received 15 Oct 2025BARN ADJOINING MIDDLE FARM, CROGLIN, CARLISLE
Received 26 Jul 1996Swarthmoor Hall, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JQ
Received 11 Mar 2022MEABURN HILL FARM, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3HN
Received 12 Oct 2015WHITRIGG HOUSE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EE
Received 3 Apr 201360 Lingmoor Rise, KENDAL, LA9 7NU
Received 9 Jul 2021BREEZE HILL, CARR BANK ROAD, CARR BANK, MILNTHORPE
Received 3 Apr 2002MAGGIES BAKERY, 31 SANDGATE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7TJ
Received 28 Nov 201440 COLLIN ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5LH
Received 6 Feb 2006B5282 Bridge Over River Bela, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AF
Received 15 Jul 2022THE ARMOURY, HOLME STREET, APPLEBY
Received 19 May 1999LONGWELL, SELSIDE
Received 2 Apr 2003Flookburgh Cemetary, Station Road, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JZ
Received 20 Sept 20181 VICTORIA ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8HR
Received 2 May 2023GALLERY H, 20-21 THE PROMENADE, ARNSIDE, CUMBRIA, LA5 0HA
Received 14 Jan 200459 Castle Street, KENDAL, LA9 7AD
Received 25 Jan 2017Grange C Of E School 4 Fell Drive GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JF
Received 4 Jun 2024LAND ADJ TO AND SOUTH WEST OF LANCASTER HOUSE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 23 Aug 19968 MILESTONE HOUSE, MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 22 Feb 2001LAND TO THE REAR OF BELL MOUNT FARM, NR STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 19 Jan 201739 OAK TREE ROAD, SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL
Received 13 Jun 2000Records 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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