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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,737 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Mitchelgate Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth LA6 2BE
Received 27 Feb 2026Land adjacent to 55 Jutland Avenue, Ravenstown, GRANGE OVER SANDS
Received 20 May 2019COURT THORN, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HP
Received 29 Nov 2011Mourne Lea, Sandside, Kirkby in Furness, Cumbria, LA17 7UA
Received 1 Oct 20156 Market Square, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AN
Received 20 Apr 202111 PLANTATION AVENUE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0HT
Received 24 Apr 2012LAND AT A6 AND B5305, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RP
Received 14 Dec 2022ROOKBY SCARTH, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HU
Received 21 Nov 2022Colt Park Farm Aldingham ULVERSTON LA12 9RU
Received 4 Jun 20249 Haverflatts Lane, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PS
Received 21 May 20189 ST JAMES DRIVE, BURTON in KENDAL, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HY
Received 26 Aug 2011CO-OPERATIVE RETAIL SERVICES LTD, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4QN
Received 14 Aug 2014MYERS LANE, PENRITH
Received 13 Oct 2006The Alpaca Centre Alpaca Centre Stainton Penrith CA11 0ES
Received 5 Apr 2024WHITESTONE FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3HB
Received 29 Jul 20212 CARLETON HALL ROAD, PENRITH, CA10 2AX
Received 23 May 20226 Coles Drive, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0EJ
Received 18 Jan 2021A W JENKINSON FOREST PRODUCTS, HAWESWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9EU
Received 15 May 2006PUMPKIN HOUSE, 1 LINDEN PARK, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RW
Received 14 Oct 2022WILLOW BARN, LOW PLAINS COURT, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9RQ
Received 8 Feb 2022COBBLETHWAITE, WREAY, CARLISLE, CA4 0RZ
Received 19 Jul 20235A Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4DA
Received 9 Aug 20171 TOWN END CROFT, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EP
Received 11 Feb 2019Plot 6 (formerly plot 5b) Sillfield Farm Gatebeck KENDAL A8 0HZ
Received 4 Jul 2024Records 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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