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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 WEST VIEW, CHURCH ROAD, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RB
Received 14 May 2012LAND AT UNTHANK, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH
Received 8 Oct 2015UNIT 3 ADJ BOXWOOD, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 13 Oct 2001TOPTHORN, WHINFELL
Received 5 Jan 1999PENRITH COMMUNITY FIRE HQ, CARLETON AVENUE, PENRITH, CA10 2FA
Received 16 Jun 2016The Shielings 33 Church Hill Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0DJ
Received 8 Nov 2024CENTRAL SCHOOL SITE, BEAST BANKS, KENDAL
Received 26 Oct 1989HERON HILL SCHOOL, HAYFELL AVENUE, KENDAL, LA9 7JH
Received 23 Dec 2005TARN SIDE FARM, LEECE
Received 13 Jul 1998NO 2 THE SQUARE (WEST), BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 12 Aug 1996Tithe Barn, Barn Garth, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PP
Received 17 Nov 2021O.S. FIELD NO 1762, WOODHOUSE, HEVERSHAM
Received 12 Jun 1990LAND AT, SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 29 Oct 1996Pavement outside 12 The Old Nurseries GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AD
Received 29 Aug 202510 Sandhall Cottages ULVERSTON LA12 9EH
Received 9 Aug 2024CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY
Received 5 Mar 1990BRACKENBAR, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LG
Received 9 Jan 2020Harmony Hall, Harmony Hill, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QE
Received 18 Nov 2019ORCHARD HOUSE, STAGSTONES, PENRITH, CA11 8SJ
Received 15 Jul 2004O.S. FIELD 3268, BAYCLIFF FARM, SUNBRICK LANE, BAYCLIFF
Received 1 Aug 1990CROFT VIEW, ENDMOOR, NR KENDAL, CUMBRIA
Received 21 Oct 2004Land adjacent to Low Carley Lodge, Carley Lane, ULVERSTON
Received 9 Nov 2021LAND AT WESTLEA, CARTMEL
Received 12 Oct 19892, BRIDGE END COTTAGES, GARRIGILL, ALSTON
Received 24 Mar 2003Records 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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