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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,746 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WYEBOURNE, REAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3EP
Received 9 Sept 2022Moresdale Lodge, Lambrigg, KENDAL, LA8 0DH
Received 13 Nov 2023PENRITH RAILWAY STATION, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 22 Aug 201735 THE PROMENADE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0HA
Received 23 Jul 20137 Fairgarth Drive Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DT
Received 15 Oct 202411 PARK CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 8ND
Received 13 Mar 201564 Hayclose Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 7NT
Received 2 Oct 20231 Barnes Croft Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9LS
Received 5 Nov 2025Glaxo Substation, North Lonsdale Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EB
Received 25 Jan 2018Newland Farms Land off Plumpton Lane Newland ULVERSTON
Received 24 Oct 202527 Wattsfield Road, KENDAL, LA9 5JH
Received 30 Nov 2022Burton House, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9AP
Received 16 Jun 2022LAND AT TRITECH INTERNATIONAL, CANAL HEAD, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7LY
Received 28 Jun 2013HEATHFIELD, CROFT TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 7RS
Received 21 Sept 20122 WORDSWORTH TERRACE, DROVER LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7QT
Received 11 May 202316 Wattsfield Road KENDAL LA9 5JH
Received 24 Aug 2026Holmnook, Conishead Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DQ
Received 27 Jul 2021GHYLL HOUSE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UQ
Received 18 Apr 2018Telecommunications mast, Scout Hill, Middle Row Farm, Lupton, Carnforth, LA6 2PZ
Received 8 Dec 2015Paddock Land, Near Rosside Farm, ULVERSTON
Received 24 Jun 2016PLOT 17 STONEWORKS GARTH, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JJ
Received 6 Jun 20126 Mayfield Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7NS
Received 27 Feb 2018ORCHARD HOUSE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SQ
Received 2 Oct 2020Victoria Hall, Main Street, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 6 Nov 2014Records 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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