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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Near 1 Duke Street Holme CARNFORTH LA6 1PY
Received 25 Jan 2024EDEN VALE INN (EX CROWN INN), CHAPEL STREET, BOLTON, APPLEBY
Received 10 Apr 1996Coalgate Cottage, BROUGHTON IN FURNESS, LA20 6BP
Received 11 May 201647 CHURCH HILL, ARNSIDE, LA5 0DW
Received 2 Oct 200652 Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AP
Received 21 Oct 201991 Bleaswood Road, Oxenholme, Kendal, LA9 7EW
Received 3 Oct 201447 BRENTFIELD WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8DL
Received 7 Jun 2005Electricity North West Sub station, south of the A65 and to the west of Kirkby Lonsdale Business Park, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2GT
Received 25 Mar 2022SITE AT PENNINE VIEW, BOLTON, APPLEBY, CUMBRIA
Received 3 Feb 2005BELL HALL FARM, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TD
Received 8 Dec 2005THE OLD POST OFFICE, BARBON, LA6 2LJ
Received 21 Jun 2012ASH HILL FARM, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 2AG
Received 1 Oct 2019FAIRHILL HOUSE BARN, CROGLIN, PENRITH
Received 10 Aug 2005SITE AT LOANING HEAD FARM, CULGAITH
Received 22 May 2003Land to North of junction of Gilsmere Nook and Old Scotch Road, Killington
Received 11 Jun 2013FLATS REAR OF 23 KING STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 8 Feb 1990Land to the south of Stainton Lane ULVERSTON LA13 0NW
Received 11 Jun 2025VILLAGE GREEN, THE GUARDS, GLEASTON
Received 11 Oct 1999LAND ADJACENT TO BOLTON HALL, BOLTON, APPLEBY
Received 10 Sept 1998BRIDGE END FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UZ
Received 15 Apr 2020COLT CLOSE FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CA4 0NB
Received 30 Jul 202010 Pear Tree Park, Holme, Carnforth, LA6 1PP
Received 11 Aug 2014CLIFTON HALL, CLIFTON, PENRITH
Received 27 Jun 1996BASEMENT AREA OF MANJUSHRI KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE, CONISHEAD PRIORY, PRIORY ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA129QQ
Received 31 Aug 2004Records 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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