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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Meeting House Lane ULVERSTON LA12 9ND
Received 17 Feb 202566 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 24 Sept 2019RIDDING FARM, LOWICK GREEN, ULVERSTON
Received 28 Sept 19993 DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH
Received 20 May 2004Land south of Eden Barn Little Musgrave Kirkby Stephen CA17 4PQ
Received 27 Mar 2024WELL HOUSE, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8HT
Received 24 Feb 2020LAND TO THE NORTH OF FRIARY COTTAGES, BATTLEBARROW, APPLEBY
Received 1 May 1997Newlyn, Penny Bridge, Ulverston, LA12 7RQ
Received 4 Aug 201632 BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7SG
Received 9 Mar 202217 DUNMAIL DRIVE, KENDAL
Received 19 Mar 2001HIGH FELLGATE FARM, HAGGS LANE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 12 Nov 1998VINE COTTAGE, 7 PARK VIEW, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QF
Received 31 May 201332 Ruskin Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DB
Received 10 May 201817 OAK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8TS
Received 9 Nov 2006Cautley Farm, Whassett, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7DN
Received 16 Apr 2015Store Howgate Foot The Sands Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6XP
Received 12 Aug 2025Sir John Barrow Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 9SZ
Received 27 Oct 2022PART OF EXISTING SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB, CHURCH STREET, TEBAY
Received 14 Jun 2003Unit 16 Castle Mills Business Park, Aynam Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DE
Received 19 Mar 2019AUTUMN HOUSE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HX
Received 4 Aug 20218A Castle Park, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7AX
Received 17 Mar 2015THE OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, HEVERSHAM
Received 28 Oct 1999Area around Natland Park Farm Natland KENDAL LA9 7QD
Received 27 Apr 2026BARN ADJ GREAVES FARM, OLD HUTTON
Received 12 Jul 2002Records 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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