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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,726 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MOSEY COTTAGE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9ST
Received 9 May 2023SYCAMORE HOUSE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 30 Aug 2018Willowsway Country Estate, Willowsway Stud, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 2 May 2023BIRCROFT NORTH ROAD, HOLME, LA6 1QG
Received 8 May 20068 CANNY CROFT, PENRITH, CA11 9HA
Received 30 Jun 2020Espland House Newton Reigny PENRITH CA11 0AY
Received 3 Jul 202619 Church Terrace, Kendal, LA9 4PR
Received 12 May 2016BROWN HOWE, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DP
Received 24 Sept 2018NORTH LAKES BUSINESS PARK, FLUSCO, PENRITH, CA11 0JB
Received 27 Apr 20061 MILL BROW, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PJ
Received 7 Jan 2020Sleddall Hall, Wildman Street, KENDAL, LA9 6EN
Received 21 Jul 2017ST CATHERINE'S RC CHURCH, DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9EL
Received 23 Nov 201131 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AE
Received 23 Dec 2005Land adjoining Quaggs Lane, Levens Moss, Levens, Cumbria
Received 29 Jan 2016Moss Lea Levens KENDAL LA8 8EJ
Received 23 Feb 2026Clifton CP School Clifton PENRITH CA10 2EG
Received 25 Apr 2024PLOT 16 FORMER STONEWORKS, SILVER STREET, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JJ
Received 20 Dec 2012Netherleigh Grange Fell Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6AF
Received 6 May 2026High Meadows Woodhouse Lane Heversham MILNTHORPE LA7 7EW
Received 14 Aug 2024FORMER OIL STORAGE DEPOT, MYERS LANE, PENRITH
Received 25 Oct 202154 KENTSFORD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 10 Jan 2012The Barn Tearnside, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PU
Received 19 May 2022Hutton Roof Village Hall, Hutton Roof, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PG
Received 25 Aug 2023The Boulders, Charney Well Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DB
Received 20 Sept 2018Records 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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