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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,854 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ORCHARD HOUSE, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6EJ
Received 15 Apr 2016LAND AT FAIRBANK, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 29 Apr 2005CROFT HOUSE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 7 Jun 2005STATION ROAD, ALSTON MOOR, ALSTON, CA9 3HY
Received 7 Nov 2011GARTH VIEW, BOLTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6AL
Received 7 Sept 2012THE CROFT, PENNY BRIDGE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7TD
Received 14 Nov 201227 and 27b BEAST BANKS, KENDAL, LA9 4JJ
Received 14 Feb 201247 Sandgate, KENDAL, LA9 6HZ
Received 19 Apr 2017HIDCOTE, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 27 Apr 2021Rockland, 111 Silverdale Road, ARNSIDE, LA5 0EN
Received 24 Jan 2017LAND OFF WILLOW DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 6AY
Received 29 Mar 2005SUN INN, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AP
Received 21 Jun 2023Tarn Side Garage, Ulverston, LA12 7EH
Received 17 Oct 2014ACHNAMARA, ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TX
Received 27 Sept 2021Land Adjacent Daisy Hill Cottage Great Urswick ULVERSTON LA12 0ST
Received 7 Nov 202577 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PD
Received 16 Jan 2018BROUGH CASTLE ICECREAM PARLOUR, BROUGH CASTLE FARM, CHURCH BROUGH, PENRITH, CA17 4EJ
Received 19 Apr 201328 WILLOW CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 8TH
Received 13 Dec 2021PENGARTH, ASHMOUNT ROAD, GRANGE over SANDS, CUMBRIA, LA11 6BX
Received 14 Nov 2011JENNYWELL HALL, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JP
Received 6 Feb 2015Curry's PC World, Unit 1 South Lakeland Retail Park, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 29 Jun 2021LAND AT TOWN END FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TZ
Received 22 Jul 20154 PORTHOUSE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8QB
Received 24 Apr 2017LAND AT EDEN VIEW, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NH
Received 18 Sept 2018Records 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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