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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,839 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HILLFOOT GARDEN CENTRE, HILLFOOOT, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA
Received 17 Sept 2004APPLESIDE FARM, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH
Received 27 Oct 1998BROATS, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RE
Received 27 Jun 2013160 WINDERMERE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 15 Jul 1991GOLDSMITHS 16, ANGEL LANE, PENRITH
Received 6 Feb 200224 CALDER DRIVE, KENDAL.
Received 1 Apr 1998OS Field No 7684, Haverflatts Lane, Ackenthwaite, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DG
Received 29 Dec 20145 Hutton Park,, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0BE
Received 18 Oct 2017West End Farm West End Lane ULVERSTON LA12 9HW
Received 9 Feb 2024CROFT HOUSE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 22 Feb 1999GREGGS BAKERY, FRIARGATE, PENRITH
Received 3 Apr 20131 METHVEN TERRACE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DP
Received 21 Dec 2005ST CUTHBERTS NURSING HOME, ALDINGHAM HALL, ALDINGHAM
Received 29 May 1996SILVER RIDGE CARAVAN PARK, HALE
Received 29 Feb 2000BARNCROFT, GRIZEBECK
Received 8 May 2000BANKS GATE, STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 19 Mar 1996Land off Greengate Crescent, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8QA
Received 3 Feb 2017FIELD ACCESS TO S.E. OF AUDLANDS PARK, OFF ROAD B6254, PRESTON PATRICK, CUMBRIA
Received 14 Aug 2012PRINGLE HOUSE, ELLONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SN
Received 20 Jul 20225 BARNES GREEN, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LU
Received 23 May 2016SHIRALEE, ENDMOOR
Received 24 May 1999FLYING DUTCHMAN, CARR BANK, MILNTHORPE
Received 30 Sept 19983 YEWBARROW TERRACE & MARTON HOUSE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6ED
Received 25 May 20066 Silver Street KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4RB
Received 6 Jan 2026Records 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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