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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND OFF STOREY BANK, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 21 Jan 2014PLOT 10 GLENDOWLIN, YANWATH, PENRITH
Received 5 Jul 1999SPRING FORD, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AY
Received 25 Sept 2023Sandpiper, Hollins Lane, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0EQ
Received 13 Feb 2015DENTAL SURGERY, HORDALE, HAVERFLATTS LANE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PS
Received 21 May 2004New House, Back Lane, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AP
Received 13 Jan 202033 The Promenade, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HA
Received 27 Sept 2017High Flan Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 19 Mar 2019OLD ODDFELLOWS HALL, MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BL
Received 8 May 2014NOOK FARM, ULVERSTON
Received 24 Oct 1989Meadow Bank, Scales, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PE
Received 13 Sept 2023GREENRIGGS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4TA
Received 20 Jun 2005GREEN END, OLD TOWN
Received 24 Nov 19981 EASTSIDE, THE SQUARE, BURTON
Received 26 Jul 200114 Trinkeld Avenue Swarthmoor Ulverston LA12 0XB
Received 6 Jan 2026STAINGILLS, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QU
Received 7 Jun 2019LOWICK HIGH COMMON, KIRKBY MOOR, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS
Received 6 Aug 1990ID 25 Orchard Rise Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7SS
Received 23 Dec 202490 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE
Received 26 Feb 2015WOODEND GARAGE, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 10 Jan 1990Sillfield Farm, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 7 Dec 2016UNIT 4 THE STACK YARD, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AB
Received 13 Feb 20061 Railway Cottages Hincaster Milnthorpe LA7 7NE
Received 16 Jul 2026LAND SOUTH EAST OF MANSGROVE FARM, BOLTON, APPLEBY
Received 6 Nov 2019Records 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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