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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,830 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND OFF LONG ROW, MARSHSIDE, KIRKBY-IN, FURNESS
Received 8 Jan 20012 Cherry Tree Avenue, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HE
Received 1 Aug 2019Land at Canal Foot to the East of Ulverston Sports & Social Club and West of The Bay Horse Hotel & Restaurant ULVERSTON LA12
Received 12 Aug 2026In Front of South View, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AB
Received 26 Oct 2021ROSE COTTAGE, TIRRIL, PENRITH
Received 25 Feb 2002Patton Hall, Patton, Kendal, LA8 9DT
Received 27 Jul 2015THE CROFT, LOW WIEND, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QP
Received 13 Jun 2022NORFOLK PLACE, NEXT TO TELEGRAPGH POLE, PENRITH, CA11 9BE
Received 29 Oct 2004DERELICT BARNS AND SITE AT, THE BUTTS, ALSTON
Received 18 Mar 200255 Main Street, KIRKBY LONSDALE, Cumbria, LA6 2AH
Received 25 Feb 2015GILDER SLEVES, OLD HUTTON
Received 14 Jun 1996BARN AT BORREN HOUSE, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 26 Oct 1999LAND ADJOINING LEITH BECK FARM, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 27 Jan 1999Tarn Close Cottage, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SP
Received 24 Jul 201912 Robraine, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DF
Received 1 Mar 201831 PRIORY LANE, KENTS BANK, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 11 Mar 1998PLOT 6, ASHBURN CROFT, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UL
Received 20 Jun 2005Flinders Lodge, 50 Black Dyke Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HZ
Received 9 Jan 2019LINTON GHYLL, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PH
Received 7 Dec 2015STRICKLANDGATE HOUSE AND ANNEXE, KENDAL, LA9 4PU
Received 13 Jun 2005FELL BECK, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 7 Apr 2000High Head Castle Ivegill CARLISLE CA4 0PN
Received 18 Feb 2026Norden, Windermere Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6EG
Received 21 Sept 2016Hollin Hall Farm, Arrad Foot, Arrad Foot, Ulverston, LA12 7SN
Received 23 Sept 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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