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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tearnside Cottage, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PU
Received 13 Jun 2018Low Wood Edge Farm Haverbrack MILNTHORPE LA7 7AJ
Received 27 Jan 2025MOUNTBARROW SERVICE STATION, MOUNTBARROW, ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 18 Dec 2000THREE MILE HOUSE, KILLINGTON
Received 10 Apr 1996Bramley Byre, Blenkett Farm, Jack Hill, Allithwaite, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7RL
Received 3 Nov 2016BRAMBLE HOW, BOARBANK LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QU
Received 5 Oct 2004Coat Green Farm Burton CARNFORTH LA6 1JG
Received 27 Aug 202427 Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PN
Received 7 Jun 2022COATFLAT MILL, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RE
Received 26 Apr 2013Temple Bank,, 27 Church Hill, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0DQ
Received 13 Aug 2018Hall Beck, Killington, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2EZ
Received 6 May 2014Rose Cottage, Broughton-In-Furness, LA20 6BP
Received 16 Oct 201463 Bellingham Road KENDAL LA9 5JY
Received 5 Feb 2025YEW TREE HOUSE, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 4 Dec 2003Ecclerigg Hall Farm Killington CARNFORTH LA6 2HB
Received 5 Dec 202315 SCAUR CLOSE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BT
Received 26 Mar 2018STAG COTTAGE WEST, MOTHERBY, PENRITH, CA11 0RL
Received 6 Mar 201210 Finkle Street KENDAL LA9 4AB
Received 13 Oct 20257 CHRIST CROFT, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DB
Received 23 Sept 2016THE PINES, 1 KELD HEAD, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EH
Received 28 Mar 20128 St Mary's Garth, ULVERSTON, LA12 0TD
Received 20 Aug 2020HAYFIELD DEPOT, QUARRY LANE, SANDSIDE, MILNTHORPE
Received 14 Jun 19909 CHAMBERS CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 15 Dec 2000STOCKBER, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 10 Aug 2000Records 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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