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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PARK HEAD FARMHOUSE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA101JQ
Received 13 Apr 2005PROSPECT HOUSE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 12 Oct 199553 HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 15 Oct 199010 GREENSIDE, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 8 Sept 199736 MITCHELGATE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BE
Received 4 Mar 2005Manzel, 40 Church Street, Milnthorpe, LA7 7DZ
Received 3 Aug 201582 SHAP ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6DP
Received 21 Jun 2006NARTHWAITE FARM, CAUTLEY, SEDBERGH
Received 10 Jun 1997DALEFOOT, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JT
Received 29 Mar 2016Oakville Beacon Edge PENRITH CA11 7SF
Received 3 Jul 2026Kow Bells, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7PE
Received 19 Nov 2015Owl Barn, Back Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EP
Received 9 Nov 2018BUPA, , COLD SPRINGS PARK RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME, COLD SPRINGS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 8EY
Received 3 Mar 2015LAND ADJ PROSPECT VIEW, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BU
Received 1 Aug 2016LAND KNOWN AS 'TEBAY BOTTOM', TEBAY BRIDGE, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3SZ
Received 8 Mar 2012CASTLE RIGG FARM, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TS
Received 9 Dec 20119 Pine Close, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7JJ
Received 14 Jul 2015CANALSIDE, OUBAS HILL, ULVERSTON
Received 6 Apr 1999LONGLANDS BARN, KIRKBY IN FURNESS
Received 18 Oct 2001Conishead Priory Priory Road ULVERSTON LA12 9QQ
Received 1 Oct 2025Lindal Moor Cricket Club, Pennington Lane, Lindal in Furness, Cumbria, LA12 0LA
Received 10 Jan 20166 NORTH QUADRANGLE, CONISHEAD PRIORY, ULVERSTON
Received 18 Feb 2000104 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 30 Sept 2021Fairbank/Fairgarth Drive Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2FB
Received 21 May 2025Records 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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