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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,696 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sockbridge Hall Tirril Penrith CA10 2JH
Received 27 Mar 2024Southfield, Orchard Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0DP
Received 5 May 20206 SANDHILL, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EG
Received 28 Apr 2022GARDEN OF CHRIST CHURCH COTTAGE, 20 STRICKLANDGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7QA
Received 16 Jun 2014Caravan Park And Premises Brow Foot Heights APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6EP
Received 16 Jan 2026Lyncroft, 4 Fernhill Road, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7JD
Received 22 Dec 2017BLEASE FARM, OLD HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0LU
Received 7 Jun 20062 Biggins Hall Farm Barn High Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2NP
Received 7 Nov 2024TYNEFIELD HOUSE, BRIDGE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8HY
Received 14 Dec 2016133 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4RF
Received 6 Nov 2020TOWN END FARM, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HX
Received 14 Sept 201219 Woodland Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DX
Received 22 Oct 20209 GASGARTH MEWS, NORTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RY
Received 6 Apr 2022Day Nursery, Beezon Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EL
Received 2 Aug 201947 WHITE OX WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8QP
Received 16 Oct 2017Rose Villa, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BL
Received 10 Feb 2017Strickley, Old Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0LU
Received 18 Dec 2014BRIDGE END FARM, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PH
Received 13 Jun 202210 NUTWOOD MANOR, WINDERMERE ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EY
Received 17 Jun 2013Newland View, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QJ
Received 19 Sept 2019LAND TO SOUTH OF CANNERHEUGH, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1LA
Received 26 Jan 2018THE OLD WEIGH HOUSE, ABBOTS BROW, SWINE MARKET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2FT
Received 2 Nov 2012Area Surrounding Penny Bridge Hall Penny Bridge ULVERSTON LA12 7RW
Received 5 Feb 2025LAND AT 7 BELGRAVIA, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XZ
Received 13 Feb 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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