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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,999 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 AT KIRKBY MOOR WINDFARM, KIRKBY MOOR, KIRKBY in FURNESS, CUMBRIA
Received 27 Jun 2012BRIDLE COTTAGE, MAIN STREET, KIRKBY THORE
Received 27 Mar 2002LOWER BROOK STREET (BUILDING TO REAR OF 33 MARKET STREET), ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA
Received 3 Mar 2005BORE TREE HOUSE, 116 PARK ROAD, SWARTHMOOR
Received 22 Apr 1991Highheads, Hutton Roof, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2PQ
Received 23 Feb 2016OLD ORCHARD GARDEN, ADJOINING UPLANDS, LODGE, REDHILLS ROAD, ARNSIDE
Received 26 Jul 1999Land East of B6412 & North of Gale House Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9NA
Received 18 Mar 2025KENTDALE LANDROVER, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL
Received 15 Dec 2000LAND AT WHITE OX FARM, INGLEWOOD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8SE
Received 19 Dec 2019Opposite 4 Haverflatts Lane, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PS
Received 15 Jul 2022BRAESTONES, BATTLEBARROW, APPLEBY, CA16 6XT
Received 11 Sept 2019Land to the south side of Caton Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7LD
Received 10 Nov 2017SKIRSGILL DEPOT, PENRITH
Received 14 Dec 1990THE OLD SCHOOL GALLERY, KNOTT EDGE, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NR
Received 15 Jun 200687 Fairgarth Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2FB
Received 30 Jun 2014BARN COTTAGE, EDEN MOUNT, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA116BZ
Received 9 Jul 2003NORTH LAKES SCHOOL, PENRITH
Received 7 Aug 2001Harrisons Lodge Kents Bank Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7EY
Received 27 Jun 20257 Park Avenue, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0HL
Received 28 Sept 2018LAND ADJ TO LAWTON HOUSE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 16 Nov 201211 The Crescent, Holme, LA6 1PU
Received 21 Nov 2012SCHOOL HOUSE, SILVER STREET, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JA
Received 16 May 2016Lonsdale Barn, Hutton Roof, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PG
Received 28 May 2019Sillfield Farm, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 17 Feb 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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