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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,817 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FLAT 2 THE MOORINGS, 56 THE PROMENADE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0AD
Received 24 Apr 2006VODAFONE RADIO TOWER, SCOUT HILL,, LUPTON
Received 26 Oct 2000QUETTA, NEWLANDS, NATLAND, KENDAL, LA9 7QT
Received 6 Feb 2012Sewell Houses Southwaite Carlisle CA4 0EP
Received 3 Jun 20261 - 3 Cavendish Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7AD
Received 17 Jun 201427 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PE
Received 20 Feb 201829 ULVERSTON ROAD, SWARTHMOOR
Received 21 May 199811 CUMBERLAND CLOSE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EN
Received 12 Jul 2019BUILDING PLOT BETWEEN 6 AND 9 LOWTHER GLEN, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BP
Received 3 Mar 20177 KELD CLOSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EJ
Received 29 Apr 2013THE OLD SCHOOL, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3TP
Received 31 Aug 202221 Briery Bank, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0DY
Received 12 Oct 2022MURLEY HILL, OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL
Received 28 Jul 20001 GILPIN HOUSE, LEVENS, LA8 8EP
Received 7 Feb 2006OLD BANK HOUSE, THE SQUARE, CARTMEL.
Received 11 Sept 1998ROKEDENE, 42 BLACK DYKE ROAD, ARNSIDE
Received 9 Feb 2001Low Galligill Nenthead ALSTON CA9 3LW
Received 12 Jun 2026MANOR HOUSE, MAIN STREET, BURTON-IN-, KENDAL
Received 4 Feb 1998Barclays Bank Plc, Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2AJ
Received 31 May 2013Owners Accommodation 2 New Road Burneside KENDAL LA9 6PX
Received 31 Mar 20261 CHURCH VIEW, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LX
Received 11 Oct 2005BIG PARK FARM, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0AP
Received 19 Jun 2003Spital Farm, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PT
Received 8 May 2018SANDSIDE ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 9 Jul 1996Records 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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