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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WAYSIDE COTTAGE, DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, CARTMEL, LA11
Received 5 Apr 200616A Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth LA6 2AE
Received 10 Nov 2025NEWTON GARTH, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DZ
Received 23 Dec 200530 Ullswater Road, KENDAL, LA9 6LQ
Received 8 Oct 20202, 4, 6 NEW SHAMBLES, MARKET PLACE, KENDAL
Received 2 May 19903 Hazelwood, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5EE
Received 20 Nov 2015NEW RENT FARM, UNTHANK, PENRITH
Received 27 Feb 2003MIDTOWN FARM, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 5 Jun 200028 West Hills Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NW
Received 30 Jan 2020FORMER POLICE STATION, 22 BEETHAM ROAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QR
Received 20 Mar 2013CURLEW END, GARTH ROW, SKELSMERGH
Received 17 Jan 2000HIGHWAYS AGENCY DEPOT ADJ TO JUNCTION 38, M6 MOTORWAY, TEBAY
Received 17 May 2005ROSE WALK, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QL
Received 29 Mar 2021Carlton House, Urswick Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LL
Received 26 Feb 2018BARRASHIEL, CASTERTON, LA6 2RX
Received 13 Feb 2006LAND OFF NEWBIGGIN, HALLGARTH, KENDAL, LA9 5PG
Received 29 Mar 2005Coach House, Stockbridge House, Stockbridge Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BG
Received 19 Mar 2018BOLTON MEMORIAL HALL, CHAPEL STREET, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AR
Received 7 Apr 2020THE GARTH (SOUTH), NATEBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JP
Received 30 Jan 2012BLEATHGILL COTTAGE, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ET
Received 18 Feb 2004ADJACENT TO MEABURN HILL, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH
Received 21 Dec 2000GARDEN COTTAGE, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 15 May 2023Mounsey Bank Plumpton PENRITH CA11 9NP
Received 24 Apr 2024Aldingham Hall Aldingham ULVERSTON LA12 9RT
Received 3 Jun 2026Records 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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