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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,837 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, MORECAMBE BAY HEALTH AUTHORITY, TENTERFIELD, BRIGSTEER ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5EA
Received 15 Feb 2012BRIDGE HOUSE, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LZ
Received 12 Jul 2012BECK HOUSE, WATSON TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 7ND
Received 21 Nov 202219 Woodland Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DX
Received 1 May 20207 Church Hill, Arnside, Cumbria, LA5 0DB
Received 7 Apr 20159 Birch Grove, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BQ
Received 26 May 202042 Rydal Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BU
Received 2 Nov 20205 Stramongate, KENDAL, LA9 4BH
Received 14 Jan 2021BEECH GROVE, BURRELS, APPLEBY
Received 6 Sept 2005Asda Stores Ltd, Burton Road, KENDAL, LA9 7JA
Received 27 Jun 2019Sandford Arms Sandford APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6NR
Received 15 Jul 2024MOUNT PLEASANT, HUNSONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PN
Received 11 Dec 2017Over Beachwood Beachwood Close Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0BE
Received 24 Feb 2026Annabanks, High Biggins, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2NP
Received 7 Jan 2021LAND AT MOUNT PLEASANT, HUNSONBY
Received 19 Jul 20166 CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8JN
Received 16 Aug 2012Briggle Farm Langwathby Penrith CA10 1NZ
Received 28 May 2026THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, BECKSIDE, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7TG
Received 6 Dec 2012BONGATE HALL WEST, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
Received 30 Jan 2023LAND AT SHERIFF PARK, THRIMBY, PENRITH
Received 3 Sept 20152 PINDERS LANE, HOLME, LA6 1PW
Received 31 May 2012HOLLYTREE LODGE, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JE
Received 28 Oct 2020FORMER THOMPSONS BOARD MILL, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NJ
Received 9 Jul 2021Dodds Barn Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 2AW
Received 23 Jul 2025Records 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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