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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PART FIELD NO 5070, MURTON, APPLEBY
Received 7 Jun 1999BROOKLANDS, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE
Received 10 Jan 20025 JUBILEE LODGE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7SQ
Received 3 Oct 2019Galleywreay Farm Hutton End PENRITH CA11 9TT
Received 15 Feb 202463 Silverdale Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0DZ
Received 22 Oct 2025HOPES GARAGE, SALKELD ROAD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1ND
Received 17 Apr 20148 PINE CLOSE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 24 Apr 200225, EDEN MOUNT, PENRITH, CA11 8HF
Received 19 Aug 2004FAIR BANK FARM, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 0JD
Received 28 Aug 2012KIRKBY HALL, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UX
Received 15 Jun 2005GARDEN OF 1 WEST VIEW, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 21 Jun 1990OLD CROFT, NEW HUTTON, NR KENDAL,, CUMBRIA
Received 12 Sept 1990Land North of Meadowbank Business Park,, KENDAL, LA9 6NY
Received 14 Aug 2017L M BAVERSTOCK OPTICIANS, THE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QJ
Received 15 Dec 201134 Main Street, KIRKBY LONSDALE, Cumbria, LA6 2AJ
Received 1 Dec 201549 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PE
Received 13 Aug 2018Unit 20 Castle Mills Business Park Aynam Road Kendal LA9 7DE
Received 18 Sept 2025CANAL COTTAGE, HINCASTER
Received 2 Jan 19963 FIELD HEAD PLACE, FLOOKBURGH
Received 7 Mar 1991109 Oakwood Drive, Ulverston, LA12 9JU
Received 3 Feb 2015Caravan Site, Milton Lane, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7NL
Received 12 Oct 2015THE OLD GIRLS SCHOOL, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JQ
Received 14 Mar 2005Duddon Sands Hostel, Askew Gate Brow, KIRKBY in FURNESS, Cumbria, LA17 7TE
Received 3 Dec 201412 Burneside Road, Kendal, LA9 4RL
Received 17 Jul 2014Records 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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