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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,992 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND BEHIND 13-14 CYPRESS WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8UN
Received 9 Oct 201821 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4LY
Received 5 Nov 2019FAIRHILL RECREATION GROUND, ALSTON
Received 17 Feb 1998The Old Vicarage, Glebe Close, Burton-in-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PL
Received 22 Aug 2019BEECH HOUSE, AIKETGATE, CARLISLE
Received 9 Nov 1989GILLING GROVE WORKS, BUTTERY WELL ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5LF
Received 10 Oct 2005BRADDYLL TERRACE, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DH
Received 14 Sept 2004GARTH HOUSE, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NN
Received 18 Dec 2017Swarthmoor Hall Farm, Swarthmoor, Ulverston, LA12 0JG
Received 13 Mar 2014HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, NEW CHURCH LANE, ULVERSTON
Received 9 Aug 1996LITTLETHWAITE BARN, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EX
Received 4 Jan 2022St Peters Church Woodhouse Lane Heversham MILNTHORPE LA7 7EW
Received 28 Jun 20241 HIGH SPARROWMIRE, KENDAL, LA9 5PD
Received 18 Aug 2004Darnell Cottage Station Road KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4SZ
Received 19 Aug 2024THE TWO LIONS PUBLIC HOUSE, GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH
Received 20 Jul 2001Fairbank Smithy, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2BD
Received 23 Mar 2015LAND ADJACENT TO HIGHGILL, THE GILL, ULVERSTON
Received 8 May 1998LAND ADJ TO BRAITHWAITES GARAGE, NEWBIGGIN, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 11 Jun 2015Hard Crag House, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SR
Received 26 May 2017KIRSTEAD, AYNSOME ROAD, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 20 Jun 1991THE ARCHES, HIGH HEAD CASTLE, IVEGILL
Received 17 Sept 1999Land West of B6276 North Stainmore Kirkby Stephen CA17 4EA
Received 11 Jul 202535 Jutland Avenue, Ravenstown, Cumbria, LA11 7LF
Received 16 Feb 2015Lords Plain Farm, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8EN
Received 13 Aug 2013Records 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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