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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,831 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CHARCOAL BARN, NEWLAND, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 31 Jul 2013LAND OPPOSITE FERN COTTAGE, PENNY BRIDGE, NR ULVERSTON
Received 12 Mar 1991Wood End Farm, Low Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DH
Received 6 Mar 2023FIELD ADJOINING OLDFIELD COTTAGE, DOCKER
Received 20 Sept 2002HILL FARM, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SS
Received 13 Jan 2012URSWICK VICARAGE, URSWICK
Received 11 Jul 200033 HIGH FELLSIDE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4JG
Received 16 Mar 200433 Howgill Close, Burneside, Cumbria, LA9 6QJ
Received 17 Mar 2015LAND ADJACENT TO, HAMPSFIELD HOUSE WINDERMERE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA116JY
Received 19 Jun 2003NEW BEWLEY CASTLE LAND, BOLTON, APPLEBY
Received 28 May 19982 COLLIN HILL, KENDAL
Received 8 Feb 1991High Flan Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PU
Received 10 Jul 2019Kendal College, Wildman Street Building, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6EN
Received 29 May 2015BOGGLE HALL, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NP
Received 9 May 2017RAVENBANK, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH
Received 23 Jul 2002THE LILACS, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 27 Nov 2000BARN NEXT TO HILL HOUSE, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BJ
Received 17 Oct 20063 & 4 THE LEA, LAITHES, PENRITH, CA11 0AZ
Received 27 Jan 2004WEST VIEW, WINSKILL, PENRITH
Received 14 Jul 2001Oakhill, Longwood, ENDMOOR, LA8 0ES
Received 7 Feb 20172 BARON WOOD VIEW, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1ED
Received 4 Jul 201248 Sunderland Terrace, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JY
Received 10 Feb 2022Bourn House, Church Road, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SP
Received 21 Mar 2023THE OLD RECTORY COACH HOUSE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UJ
Received 11 Mar 2020Records 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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