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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,992 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LOW PLAINS FARM, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 21 Apr 198929 FOUNTAIN STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EQ
Received 25 Sept 2006CENTRAL GARAGE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 24 Feb 1992OUTBUILDING AND COURTYARD SANDFORD ARMS, SANDFORD, APPLEBY
Received 26 Sept 1998OUTBUILDINGS AT LOW HOUSE FARM, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH
Received 24 Jun 19967 A Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AD
Received 16 May 201847 WESTWOOD AVENUE, KENDAL
Received 5 Dec 19901 Fellside Court, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BY
Received 22 Jun 202114 SANDES AVENUE, KENDAL
Received 17 Apr 2002Tarn Hill Shed Clifton Dykes PENRITH CA10 2DH
Received 19 Dec 2024ORMSIDE EDUCATION CENTRE, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EH
Received 16 Jul 2018KILLINGTON LAKE MOTORWAY, SERVICES AREA
Received 21 Aug 1989BARN AT THE REDDINGS, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 10 Jan 2000FIELD 4168, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 28 Jun 1990PLOT 4 ADJACENT TO PARK GARTH, LITTLE URSWICK
Received 17 Dec 2004RAY CROFT, CHRISTIAN HEAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 15 May 1996SPEIGHT BRIDGE COTTAGE, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0AJ
Received 25 May 2006BARCLAYS BANK, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3SE
Received 9 Mar 201224 Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JE
Received 8 Feb 2018OLD FARMHOUSE, PRIORY ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 11 May 1989MINTSFEET ROAD SOUTH, MINTSFEET, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KENDAL.
Received 1 Jul 1998HILLCREST HOTEL, TOWNFOOT, ALSTON
Received 16 Apr 1998PART OS NO 2504, HOBSONS LANE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, PHEN
Received 14 Sept 1989WOODHOUSE FARM, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PQ
Received 12 Oct 2023Records 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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