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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
131 Silverdale Road, Arnside, LA5 0ER
Received 6 Feb 2013Lane House, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9HR
Received 31 Jul 2015GREYSTOKE PRIMARY SCHOOL, ICOLD ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TP
Received 11 Jul 200635, PATEGILL COURT, PENRITH
Received 26 Apr 2002GARAGE AT THE OLD VICARAGE, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 17 Apr 1998THE GARTH, GRASSGILL, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QB
Received 5 Aug 2004Fairlea Ackenthwaite Milnthorpe CARNFORTH LA7 7FL
Received 11 Nov 2025Kendal College, Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5AY
Received 9 Aug 202319 Collin Croft, KENDAL, LA9 4TH
Received 11 Dec 2020TRADEWINDS, HIGH SAMPOOL, LEVENS
Received 14 Dec 2001Toll Bar Farm High Hesket Carlisle CA4 0HR
Received 24 Jan 2024MILNTHORPE HGV TESTING STATION, MILNTHORPE RAILWAY STATION
Received 26 Jun 1997OUTBUILDINGS AND GARAGES GREEN TREE YARD, FARADAY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 15 Mar 1999MANOR HOUSE, NEWBIGGIN, HUTTON ROOF
Received 3 Apr 1990Thorny Croft, Yans Lane, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LJ
Received 18 Sept 2019NG 1985 RED HOUSE FARM, KNOCK, APPLEBY
Received 18 Dec 1998PENRITH CASTLE, CASTLE PARK, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH
Received 10 Mar 202112 Beech Bank, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EZ
Received 6 Sept 2021URSWICK CHURCH HALL, CHURCH ROAD, GREAT URSWICK
Received 13 Mar 20032 WHITEGHYLL CLOSE, BARDSEA, ULVERSTON
Received 31 Jan 2002CRACALT FARM, NATLAND, CUMBRIA, LA9 7QS
Received 2 Sept 2005BARN NO 2, THEE BEECHES, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY
Received 25 Oct 19893 Plane Trees Main Street Shap PENRITH CA10 3PH
Received 5 Dec 2023THE GREEN, GLEASTON
Received 31 Jul 1990Records 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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