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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,985 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holly Bank Cottage, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8NL
Received 8 Apr 2016Hardcragg Hall, 4 Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BJ
Received 13 Jul 2017The Queen Katherine School, Appleby Road, Kendal, LA9 6PJ
Received 27 Mar 2014St Marys Mount, Belmont, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HD
Received 30 Jan 2023GOSSIP GATE COTTAGE, ALSTON, CA9 3JT
Received 9 Aug 201717 EDEN PARK, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EA
Received 9 Jan 2023PLOT 3, PARK LANE DEVELOPMENT PARK LANE, ALSTON
Received 15 Jul 1990Kirkbie Kendal School, Lound Road, Kendal, LA9 7EQ
Received 22 Apr 20141 LARCH HOUSE, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BU
Received 23 Apr 2019131, BRENTFIELD WAY, PENRITH
Received 15 Jul 1996Bethany Lodge, Sandside, Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA17 7UA
Received 19 Feb 2013Agricultural land adjacent to Carley Lane, High Carley, Ulverston
Received 14 Aug 2013PASTURE HOUSE QUARRY, UNTHANK, GAMBLESBY
Received 21 Jul 1996HILLSIDE, WOODHOUSE LANE, HEVERSHAM
Received 13 Aug 1991PART FIELD NO 321, CHURCH BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 26 Feb 1990THE FIELD FELL VIEW, NENTHEAD, ALSTON
Received 29 Jun 2000HIGH TREES, LEIGHTON DRIVE, SLACKHEAD
Received 10 Jul 1997Grange Hotel, Station Square, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EJ
Received 9 Apr 2021UNIT 4, SOUTH LAKELAND RETAIL PARK, QUEEN KATHERINE'S AVENUE, KENDAL
Received 6 Dec 1996LORDS PLAIN, LEVENS
Received 2 May 2002LAND ADJOINING GILTHWAITERIGG LANE, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL
Received 14 May 1991BREWERY ARTS CENTRE, HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 1 Nov 20027, DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH
Received 27 Aug 2002Stonecross Mansion, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RY
Received 20 Apr 2021Records 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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