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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
KELDRIGG HOUSE, MILNTHORPE
Received 1 Jul 1996ROOKCROFT, JOHNBY, PENRITH
Received 1 Aug 1991Bearsden, Locker Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QT
Received 17 Jan 2023Colt Park Farm, Aldingham, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RU
Received 16 Jun 2023HAZELMERE CAFE & BAKERY, YEWBARROW TERRACE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6ED
Received 31 Oct 2005THE BENTINK, KEARSTWICK, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 14 Nov 2002COCKLEA, OLD HUTTON, KENDAL
Received 16 Sept 1999Icornshaw Barn, Goodmickle Lane, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PY
Received 11 Feb 2020Masonic Rooms, 7 Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 8 Feb 2017MAINLINE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CROOKLANDS, ROAD, MILNTHORPE
Received 27 Jul 200022 CHERRY TREE AVENUE, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HE
Received 23 Mar 2006ABBOT HALL ART GALLERY, KIRKLAND, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 5AL
Received 24 Oct 2011FIR TREES, LINDEN FOLD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AY
Received 17 Oct 2003ORANGE PCS MAST OPPOSITE GATEHOUSE, ROMAN ROAD, APPLEBY
Received 20 Mar 2002TOWN FOOT, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6NA
Received 12 Aug 2013DALEFOOT FARM, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JT
Received 8 Jul 2016SEFTON, WHITEHALL, ROOSEBECK, ULVERSTON
Received 10 Aug 1999STRICKLANDGATE HOUSE, 92 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 27 Mar 20011 Brookdale, Oxenholme Road, KENDAL, LA9 7NJ
Received 8 Mar 2017TOPTHORN FARM, WHINFELL, KENDAL, LA8 9EG
Received 4 Oct 2006KINGS ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 28 Mar 2000SITE NO 21, DRAWBRIGGS COURT, APPLEBY
Received 17 Mar 1997Fair View, Daltongate, Ulverston, LA12 7BE
Received 13 May 2014High Park Cottage, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7RE
Received 16 Mar 2022Records 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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