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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lodge Farm, High Biggins, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 23 May 2022EAST OF MILNTHORPE (SD513814) FOOTBRIDGE
Received 25 Sept 19984 BIRKTHWAITE MEWS, WREAY, CARLISLE, CA4 0RZ
Received 30 May 2006Cark Manor Cark-In-Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7PG
Received 20 May 2024Nutwood, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 6EG
Received 16 Dec 2022Cherry Tree, Kentrigg, KENDAL, LA9 6EE
Received 13 Nov 20185 Brow End Cottages, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SY
Received 9 Jun 2017Rosewood Hooks Lane Little Urswick Ulverston Cumbria LA12 0TH
Received 27 Dec 2024NORTH LODGE, HOLKER HALL
Received 6 Sept 1999Unit 1 Westmorland Business Park, Gilthwaiterigg Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6NS
Received 22 Jul 2016Beech Lee, Gatebeck Lane, Gatebeck, Cumbria, LA8 0HN
Received 9 Mar 2015Field to the north of Simgill Farm Grayrigg KENDAL LA8 9BY
Received 28 Sept 2026SHEEP PARK FARM, BAYCLIFF
Received 21 Jan 2000THE TUFTON ARMS HOTEL, MARKET SQUARE, APPLEBY
Received 24 Jul 1991109 Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DZ
Received 28 Jan 2020Croftlands East, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SA
Received 3 Sept 2021Pyes Bridge Farm, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BJ
Received 13 Jun 2022SITE OPPOSITE EDEN STONES, DUFTON, APPLEBY
Received 29 Aug 1989Victoria Cottage, Foxfield Road, BROUGHTON IN FURNESS, LA20 6EZ
Received 7 Jun 2017Near 1 Castle Walk & 39 Castle Road, KENDAL, LA9 7AU
Received 27 Jul 2022Tweenways Heversham MILNTHORPE LA7 7EJ
Received 25 Jul 202443 Allhallows Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4JH
Received 26 Sept 2022NETHERFIELD CRICKET CLUB, PARKSIDE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 29 May 1998THE SMOKE HOUSE, YARD 2, STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL
Received 16 Oct 2006Records 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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