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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Pastures Lodge Park, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 20 Apr 2021Appletree Road & Yewbarrow Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9JS
Received 3 May 2022THREE CROWNS HOUSE, BLUEBELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7LH
Received 7 Sept 20176 Church Stile, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1SF
Received 13 Nov 2017Cavendish Arms, Cavendish Street, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QA
Received 28 Jul 2017WICKERSLACK, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 22 Jan 1991Dockray Hall Great Dockray Penrith CA11 7DE
Received 14 Aug 2024Cartmel Farmhouse, Templands Lane, Allithwaite, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 7QX
Received 30 Apr 2014YEW TREES, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 26 Apr 2019LAND AT BLENKET FARM, JACK HILL, ALLITHWAITE
Received 18 May 2001Nent Haggs Minewater Treatment Site, Land between Foreshield Bridge & Hudgill, Blagill, Alston, CA9 3LE
Received 14 Feb 2023WEST VIEW, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UJ
Received 14 Aug 201780 MAIN STREET, FLOOKBURGH
Received 27 Feb 1990Stonycroft, Rockland Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HR
Received 29 Jan 20201 & 2 BEACON GARDENS, PENRITH, CA11 8BE
Received 30 Apr 2019West End Nurseries, West End Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HP
Received 29 Sept 2021THE PLAYING FIELD, OFF TRAM LANE, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 31 Jul 2000PART FIELD 6137, MOTHERBY, PENRITH
Received 6 Jul 1990Bank of River Lune - riverside footpath, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DB
Received 2 Dec 2015Pavement outside 106 & 124 Park Road Swarthmoor Ulverston LA12 0HS
Received 12 Feb 202440 SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6AH
Received 1 Mar 2004THE OLD CHAPEL, MAIN STREET, GLEASTON
Received 4 Feb 1999GATEBECK FARM, GATEBECK, ENDMOOR
Received 5 Mar 1991Playmates Pre School Nursery, Captain French Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4HX
Received 28 Oct 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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