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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 North-East of Kirkby-In-Furness LA17 7AD
Received 15 Jan 2026UNIT 19 BEEZON TRADING ESTATE,, BEEZON ROAD, KENDAL
Received 2 Oct 2001Fell View House Field Head Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9PU
Received 15 Apr 2026Bank End, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SW
Received 19 Dec 2022Land adjacent to Heavens View Barras Kirkby Stephen CA17 4ET
Received 27 Jan 2026WEST VIEW FARM, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 14 Jan 2022EDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL, , MANSION HOUSE, FRIARGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7YG
Received 21 Feb 2019Sheep Parks, Coast Road, Baycliff, Ulverston, LA12 9RS
Received 20 Nov 2014ST. ANDREWS SQUARE, PENRITH
Received 30 Apr 1990BARDSEA LEISURE PARK, PRIORY ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QE
Received 24 Nov 2003Bongate Moor Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6LH
Received 11 May 20265 SANDATH GARDENS, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BG
Received 13 Apr 20127 THORNY HILLS, KENDAL, LA9 7AL
Received 19 Aug 2004BROWNHILLS FARM, JOHNBY, PENRITH
Received 18 Jan 1990GUIDE OVER SANDS, THE SQUARE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QE
Received 30 Mar 2006MILTON HOUSE, CROOKLANDS
Received 21 Nov 200256 CARLETON DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 8JR
Received 24 Jul 2012PAULDEN, HIGHFIELD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JB
Received 8 Jul 2005Caravan Spring Ford Newton Reigny Penrith CA11 0AY
Received 15 Mar 2024SITE ADJACENT PLAY AREA, FELL CLOSE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 2 Apr 1997SOUTH LODGE, BOARBANK HALL, ALLITHWAITE
Received 6 Apr 20011 Dobbie Bank, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PX
Received 15 Sept 2017NUNWICK HALL COTTAGE, NUNWICK, GREAT SALKELD
Received 4 Jun 200318 VICARAGE CLOSE, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 2 May 2001Records 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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