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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,838 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 WELLS COTTAGES, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LH
Received 22 Mar 2017RIVERBANK, LAITHES, PENRITH, CA11 0AW
Received 2 Jul 2012KILLINGTON LAKE SERVICES M6, KILLINGTON, KENDAL, LA8 0NW
Received 10 May 2004Fellbank, Great Heads Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EA
Received 22 Mar 202116 Carter Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7AN
Received 25 Jan 2019LAND ADJACENT TO ROSEBANK, MOORTHWAITE LANE, BARBON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2LW
Received 2 Feb 20044 BARROCK CLOSE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LL
Received 30 Jun 2006BARNS ADJACENT TO MID TOWN FARM, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JS
Received 23 Nov 201611 Hill Close, KENDAL, LA9 5LW
Received 25 May 20231 Cedric Walk, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DG
Received 7 Dec 202231 EMPSOM ROAD, KENDAL
Received 16 Feb 1998A W JENKINSON FOREST PRODUCTS, CLIFTON MOOR, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EY
Received 17 Nov 2015LAND TO THE WEST OF ELM CLOSE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 6 Feb 2017THE COACH HOUSE FIELD HEAD, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 11 Nov 2001WELL KNOWE FARMHOUSE, CARTMEL
Received 19 Apr 1999KILLINGTON LAKE SERVICES, M6 SOUTH,, KILLINGTON
Received 21 Jan 2003BENFIELD MOTORS, MINTSFEET ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6DE
Received 2 Jul 2004WILLOW GARTH GREEN LANE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 15 Sept 2017FERMAIN, ORTON ROAD, TEBAY
Received 17 Dec 199024 FALLOWFIELD AVENUE, ULVERSTON, LA127XD
Received 8 Apr 200519 The Green, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NH
Received 23 Nov 2020KERRENRAE, EDEN MOUNT ROAD, GRANGE
Received 1 Oct 2002BARN AT FARADAY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QJ
Received 15 Sept 2016Spout House Barn, Cow Brow, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PQ
Received 14 Aug 2023Records 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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