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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,985 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Orchard Head Cottage Soutergate KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS LA17 7TN
Received 18 Dec 2024KILTARA, LING, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 10 Jan 2002SKELLING FARM, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 23 Feb 2012THE STATION, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6BJ
Received 8 Apr 2013BLAND HOUSE, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 9 Oct 1989LAND TO THE SOUTH EAST OF A6070, AND SOUTH OF A65, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE
Received 21 Sept 201123 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 7 Aug 1991WHINFELL VIEW, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 18 Apr 2005TOWNHEAD FARM, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 1 Aug 20181 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 14 Aug 202318 SCATTERGATE GREEN, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6SP
Received 28 Apr 2020BLENCOWE HOUSE, BLENCOW, PENRITH
Received 24 Mar 2003LOW BODDEN CROFT, FERNLEIGH ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HN
Received 16 Aug 2006SIBUS LIMITED, TECHNOLOGY CENTRE GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH
Received 27 Aug 1996MILNTHORPE MEMORIAL HALL, 1 THE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QJ
Received 2 Aug 2005ADJACENT TO 52, GLEBE ROAD, APPLEBY
Received 19 Nov 20011 BURRELLS HOUSE, BURRELLS, APPLEBY, CA16 6EG
Received 9 Jun 2006SITE ADJACENT TO MARMION, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 20 Feb 2020Canal Head Service Station, Canal Street, Ulverston, LA12 7LY
Received 17 Apr 201315 The Park Old Hutton Kendal Cumbria LA8 0NX
Received 5 Dec 2024UNIT B2, NEW LOOK, NEW SQUARES, PENRITH, CA11
Received 15 Feb 20131 HUNTLEY AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 8NS
Received 2 Dec 2016Land off Millbridge Lane KENDAL LA8 0DU
Received 28 Jul 202521 Victoria Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EN
Received 8 Feb 2019Records 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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