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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,761 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SHED AT YANWATH HALL, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 29 Aug 202322 Marne Avenue, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LH
Received 19 Jul 2017Butts Wood, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BS
Received 29 Jun 2023ORCHARD FARM, BLEATARN, APPLEBY, CA16 6PX
Received 24 Apr 2013Land at Carleton Hall Farm Carleton Avenue PENRITH CA11 8RQ
Received 22 Feb 2024LOW BORROWDALE, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XY
Received 6 Mar 201315 Daltongate, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7BD
Received 19 Aug 2013Homebase, Beezon Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EL
Received 30 Jun 2022110 Oxenholme Road, KENDAL, LA9 7HQ
Received 30 Apr 2021GILDERWATH, KIRKLAND ROAD, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RL
Received 24 Apr 2017BECKSTONES FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PY
Received 25 Aug 2021Penrith Railway Station Ullswater Road PENRITH CA11 7JQ
Received 8 Nov 2024The Friarage Friargate PENRITH CA11 7XR
Received 30 Jul 2026Land adjacent to Berners Close, Grange Over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7DQ
Received 21 Sept 2015To the rear of 4 Kent Close, Bowston, KENDAL, LA8 9HJ
Received 2 Aug 2023BRADLEY COTTAGE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QA
Received 16 Dec 2005GREEN HOLLOWS COUNTRY PARK, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PT
Received 27 May 2021First and Second Floor, Victoria House, Main Street, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6DP
Received 2 Nov 2016Plantation Filling Station, Plantation Bridge, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 9JA
Received 16 Jun 2022Scout Hut, Little Aynam, KENDAL, LA9 7BX
Received 21 Nov 201623 Silver Howe Close, KENDAL, LA9 7NW
Received 26 Apr 2017LAZONBY C OF E SCHOOL, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BL
Received 11 Mar 201346 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7BB
Received 23 Mar 2023Holly Lodge, Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 19 Jun 2017Records 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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