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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fairbank Cottage, 2 Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 30 Nov 2021BEECH BRAE, BRIGSTEER ROAD, LEVENS, LA8 8NU
Received 2 Aug 200511 Captain French Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HP
Received 25 Jan 2021Crow Trees Barn, Burton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NL
Received 16 Jan 2020STONEWORLD LTD, MINTSFEET ROAD NORTH, KENDAL, LA9 6LZ
Received 18 Jun 2003BARN PART FIELD, NO 516 SAYLE LANE, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY
Received 17 Nov 1989Smithy Cottage, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7ER
Received 13 Jul 201846 Marne Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LH
Received 8 Dec 20225 Watchgate, Selside, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9JX
Received 1 Jul 2015CROSBY DENE, LONSDALE SQUARE, HOLME, LA6 1PZ
Received 18 May 2005Rise Foot 11 Lune Close Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DA
Received 24 Feb 20255, BARN COTTAGES, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 23 Jun 1999Birch Wood, Leighton Drive, Slackhead, Milnthorpe, LA7 7BE
Received 7 Mar 2017GILLINGGATE HOUSE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4JB
Received 2 Nov 2011INATWEEN, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NA
Received 9 Mar 2017Horrace Farm Pennington ULVERSTON LA12 7SB
Received 16 Dec 2025Fairview 5 Fellside Court GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6BY
Received 24 Aug 202636 Mountbarrow Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NN
Received 15 Jun 202052 HARTLEY STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 24 Apr 20027 Millstream Court, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NW
Received 15 Sept 2020Packhorse Plumpton Penrith CA11 9NP
Received 27 Aug 2025UNDERLEY GARDEN SCHOOL, UNDERLEY HALL, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DZ
Received 17 May 2004EDEN FIELD, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 15 Feb 1999PLOT 4 WESTMORLAND BUSINESS PARK, GILTHWAITERIGG LANE, KENDAL
Received 13 Feb 1991Records 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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