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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,817 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HALLFIELD, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8HR
Received 12 Jun 2018Queen Elizabeth School, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2HJ
Received 3 Jul 2018Beehive Business Park, Thomas Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NJ
Received 13 Jan 2020ST ANTHONYS TOWER, OFF CHURCH ROAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DZ
Received 16 Aug 2005Pennine Hotel Market Square Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QT
Received 21 Feb 2024LAND WEST OF SOCKBRIDGE, THORPE FIELD, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 22 Sept 2021ST JAMES CHURCH, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 17 May 201911 JUTLAND AVENUE, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LF
Received 30 Aug 2006The Alpaca Centre Alpaca Centre Stainton Penrith CA11 0ES
Received 2 Dec 2025LAND AT WHITE OX FARM, INGLEWOOD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8QY
Received 28 Oct 2021Endmoor Farm, Main Street, Endmoor, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 0EX
Received 13 Jul 202222 NETHERCROFT, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8LU
Received 12 Dec 20117 Dobbie Bank, Cark In Cartmel, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 7PX
Received 4 Sept 2014Howe Foot Lowick Green ULVERSTON LA12 8EA
Received 22 Oct 202410 RAISELANDS CROFT, PENRITH, CA11 9JH
Received 29 Oct 20153 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4EJ
Received 7 Jun 2017Tyr Celyn, New Barns Close, ARNSIDE, LA5 0BL
Received 15 May 2017Chestnut House, Fernhill Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 30 Mar 2017NEWLANDS, RUCKCROFT, ARMATHWAITE, CA4 9QR
Received 9 Jan 2017Springfield Barn, Preston Patrick, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7PB
Received 26 May 2015LOW STREET HOUSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 0JD
Received 12 Sept 2014LAND BETWEEN GAYTHORN AND WEST VIEW, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 5 Apr 2023Thornlea Nicholson Lane PENRITH CA11 7UJ
Received 20 Dec 2023LAND AT A6 AND B5305, STONEYBECK, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RR
Received 20 Dec 2022Records 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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