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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,999 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 adjacent 55 Jutland Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7LQ
Received 21 Jan 201927 KING STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 23 Jul 1998Wellwood Cottage, Well Lane, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QY
Received 3 Nov 2016Udford House Brougham PENRITH CA10 2AP
Received 16 Sept 2024Warth Farm, Preston Patrick, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PD
Received 10 Jan 202249, CROFT AVENUE, PENRITH
Received 9 Mar 199925 Mayfield Avenue Holme Carnforth LA6 1PT
Received 14 Jul 202528 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 10 May 2019ST MARTIN'S COTTAGE (ADJOINING BARN), GAMBLESBY, PENRITH
Received 20 Mar 1998Collinfield Manor and The Granary, Collin Road, KENDAL, LA9 5LH
Received 6 Jan 2015Adjacent 1, 13 & 24 Curson Rise KENDAL LA9 7PN
Received 18 Jul 2025ADJACENT TO OAKLANDS CARAVAN SITE, OFF C3050-TOWN HEAD, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH
Received 15 Jun 2012SITE NO 41, FLETCHER HILL PARK, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 10 Mar 1997THE BYRE, PARK HEAD, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JQ
Received 14 Jul 200419 LOWTHER STREET, KENDAL
Received 8 Feb 1989Bolton Manor Farm Little Urswick ULVERSTON LA12 0PX
Received 1 Mar 2024Marsden Farm Farleton CARNFORTH LA6 1PB
Received 23 Jul 2024OLDE BARN, THE HILL, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 24 May 20062 BEECH FIELD, LITTLE URSWICK, ULVERSTON
Received 10 Apr 200027 SUMMERVILLE ROAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DF
Received 5 May 2006Whitbarrow Farm Berrier PENRITH CA11 0XB
Received 27 Jun 2025BRACKENVILLE, MURLEY MOSS LANE, OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL
Received 20 Mar 1991PINE WOOD, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE
Received 20 Feb 2000Spital Farm Appleby Road KENDAL LA9 6PJ
Received 9 Jan 2026Records 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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