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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BROOKSIDE FARM, HALFPENNY LANE, STAINTON
Received 13 Feb 1992RYE HILL, SEBERGHAM, CA5 7DX
Received 24 May 2019E H BOOTHS, 45 HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 15 Sept 2000SOUTHERN STABLE BLOCK, HUTTON IN THE FOREST, PENRITH
Received 15 Aug 1989Sawmill Cottage, Ackenthwaite, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DQ
Received 6 Aug 2018VABIS, COLBY, APPLEBY, CA16 6BD
Received 2 May 2006NO 1 WOODHOUSE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7LY
Received 7 Sept 2006120 Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5EZ
Received 17 Apr 2020THREE GABLES, SOUTHWAITE ROAD, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 22 Feb 1999RASPER HOUSE, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JU
Received 21 Jun 2012LAND OFF HOLME LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 25 Apr 1997Hordley House Main Street Burton-in-Kendal CARNFORTH LA6 1LQ
Received 1 Oct 2025Hard Knotts Bungalow Leece ULVERSTON LA12 0QT
Received 4 Oct 2024Land opposite Meadowside, Cow Brow, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PJ
Received 18 Feb 2019MIDTOWN FARM, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 21 May 2020EDENBANK, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RR
Received 28 Mar 201430 Highfield Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JB
Received 9 Mar 20231 BRIDGE HOUSE, GREENHOLME, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3TA
Received 31 Jul 2014THE STUDIO FLAT (PINKFOOT COTTAGE), 2 HEGGERSCALE COTTAGES, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HZ
Received 27 Mar 20181 Brewery Mount ULVERSTON LA12 7JD
Received 13 Dec 2023BRACKENBANK BOARDING KENNELS, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AX
Received 3 Jun 2019WYEBOURNE, REAGILL, PENRITH
Received 22 Feb 1999COBBLERS COVE, STORTH ROAD, STORTH, LA7 7HF
Received 11 Mar 2005Emmanuel Christian Centre, Mill Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EB
Received 12 Feb 2021Records 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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