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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE WOODLANDS, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BQ
Received 9 May 2019Town Hall Apartments Queen Street ULVERSTON LA12 7AQ
Received 18 Nov 20241, WORDSWORTH TERRACE, PENRITH
Received 9 Sept 1996The Miles Thompson, Allhallows Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4JH
Received 2 Nov 2023CLINTWOOD, ALLITHWAITE ROAD, GRANGE
Received 28 Jan 2000Barnet Cark Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7SF
Received 8 Apr 2024Blawith House, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EL
Received 10 Apr 2020White Cottage, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BL
Received 22 Mar 2018Fir Trees, Back Lane, Sedgwick, KENDAL, LA8 0JX
Received 14 May 2018BARN IN NW CORNER OF FIELD 409, LAND SOUTH OF C3053 KING MEABURN-COLBY R, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3DD
Received 3 Jul 2023St Marys Mount Belmont ULVERSTON LA12 7HD
Received 22 Jul 2024UNIT 10, AIRFIELD APPROACH, MOOR LANE,, FLOOKBURGH
Received 16 Apr 1999ROSE COTTAGE, BURRELLS, APPLEBY
Received 21 Dec 1990Land around Alston ALSTON
Received 15 Apr 202542 NETHEREND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8PH
Received 9 Nov 2017COLDSTREAM HOUSE, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JH
Received 1 Aug 2019Aikrigg Farm (YDNP), Killington, Carnforth, LA6 2HD
Received 18 Jul 2014THE FLODDER, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 14 Oct 20043 COUNCIL HOUSES, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EY
Received 10 Jul 201727 BIGLAND DRIVE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NU
Received 2 Feb 2004128 STAINBANK ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5BE
Received 10 Oct 2003THE COACH HOUSE, CHURCH BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EJ
Received 31 Jul 201311 Pine Close, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JJ
Received 17 Jul 202373 CLIFFORD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8PU
Received 4 Dec 2012Records 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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