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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,774 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE FIELD BARN, WEST COCKLAKES FARM, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LF
Received 10 Nov 2006Etterick Brae Wordsworth Street PENRITH CA11 7QY
Received 7 Feb 2024LAND SOUTH OF VALLEY ROAD, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2FF
Received 22 Oct 2021G Gilkes and Gordon Ltd, , Canal Iron Works, Canal Head North, KENDAL, LA9 7BZ
Received 26 Jan 20236 Market Square, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AN
Received 20 Apr 2021HOME FARM, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TG
Received 29 Oct 2021FIELD 5070, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 17 Aug 2015Pyes Bridge Farm, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BJ
Received 25 May 2021RABY COTTAGE, HARDENDALE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LQ
Received 22 Mar 2013Bells Of Lazonby Ltd Edenholme Bakery Lazonby Penrith CA10 1BG
Received 30 Nov 2023Gillingate House, Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JB
Received 13 Dec 2018The Old Stables Guesthouse, Old Hutton, Cumbria, LA8 0NU
Received 15 Jan 2015HARD KNOTT, LEECE, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QT
Received 16 Aug 2013SHIRE LODGE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PT
Received 6 Jul 2022OLD MILL FLATT, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3HG
Received 30 May 2017Toulsdon, Keasdale Road, Carr Bank, Milnthorpe, LA7 7JZ
Received 29 May 2014Stone Potts Soulby Kirkby Stephen Cumbria
Received 22 Sept 2026Newlyn, Low Park Lane, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EH
Received 21 Jun 2017MILL HOUSE, MIDDLETON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2LY
Received 28 Mar 2013WESTOE HOUSE, TOWNHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SL
Received 20 Jun 2014Former Glassonby Village Hall Site Glassonby PENRITH CA10 1DU
Received 10 Mar 20251 BROCKLEY MOOR, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NT
Received 1 Nov 2017NORFOLK HOUSE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 6 Feb 2018Co-operative Group Ltd, , LAND TO REAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, THE SANDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XN
Received 2 Aug 2019Records 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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