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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,774 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eden Grove Laurel Mount Bolton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6FS
Received 12 Jun 2025Gibson House Stainton PENRITH CA11 0EP
Received 31 Dec 2025BARN OPPOSITE POT PLACE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 6 Jun 2017OMEGA PROTEINS, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 22 Jun 2020FAUGH HEAD, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QW
Received 19 Oct 2012Acorn Bank Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 1SP
Received 9 Apr 2025GREENHOW FARM, DUFTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6NG
Received 14 Jan 201519 Eccleston Meadow, Flookburgh, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7NE
Received 4 Sept 2017Kendal Town Hall, Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4DL
Received 19 Oct 2016Brooklyn House Lazonby Penrith CA10 1BL
Received 17 Aug 202654 Kennedy Place, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7FX
Received 8 Sept 202211 Parsonage Fold, Orchard House, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RJ
Received 25 Nov 2021Raines Hall, Sedgwick, KENDAL, LA8 0JH
Received 9 Mar 2021SOUTH FIELD FARM, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LH
Received 8 Aug 201914 CYPRESS WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8UN
Received 10 Aug 2015APPLEGARTH, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 8 Feb 2013CARAVAN AT CROFT HOUSE, TOWNHEAD LANE, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 13 Feb 2017APPLE GARTH, SOUTH VIEW LANE, KENDAL, LA9 4QN
Received 26 Mar 2013LAND TO THE EAST OF THE THORPE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TJ
Received 27 Apr 2017BROUGH CASTLE FARM, CHURCH BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EJ
Received 31 May 2018Public Conveniences, Brogden Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LZ
Received 13 Jul 2015FORMER MINERS ARMS, SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JH
Received 10 Apr 2015PLOTS 2, 3 AND 5 LAND OFF COLBY LANE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RH
Received 21 Nov 2005RAISE PARK, BRAMPTON ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3AA
Received 1 Oct 2021Records 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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