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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,701 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
28 Church Street MILNTHORPE LA7 7DX
Received 19 Jul 2024West Plain Marsh, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 19 Mar 2018Hopefield Cottages, Lowick Green, Ulverston, LA12 8DZ
Received 30 May 20145 RIGGS CLOSE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6SX
Received 12 Nov 20126 High Kent Close, Kendal, LA9 7FA
Received 27 Mar 20156 Fowl Ing Lane, KENDAL, LA9 6HB
Received 10 Jul 2017Shire Lodge Ousby PENRITH CA10 1PT
Received 19 Aug 20245 Priory Lane, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7BH
Received 18 Oct 2016DOCKER HALL FARM, DOCKER, KENDAL, LA8 0DB
Received 23 Oct 2013FERN BANK, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LB
Received 22 Jul 202071 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4ED
Received 6 Nov 2018UNIT 5 NEWTONGATE DEPOT, NEWTON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BF
Received 21 Jun 20222 Romany Way Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6XY
Received 16 Dec 2025BLENKET FARM, JACK HILL, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7RL
Received 15 Mar 2006Barrock End Farm Armathwaite CARLISLE CA4 9TQ
Received 8 May 2024Bracken Hall Cottage Grayrigg KENDAL LA8 9BN
Received 23 Sept 2022THE ALPACA CENTRE, SNUFF MILL LANE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0HA
Received 1 Apr 2021Penrith AFC Football Club Frenchfield Park Frenchfield PENRITH CA11 8UU
Received 11 Mar 2024Parish Hall Kirkland, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AF
Received 30 Mar 2015Holgates Caravan Park, Middlebarrow Plain, Cove Road, Silverdale, CARNFORTH, LA5 0SH
Received 2 Dec 2022Post Office, Main Street, Greenodd, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RB
Received 8 Dec 2022LAND AT STATION ROAD, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1TB
Received 24 Apr 2020TWO LIONS PUBLIC HOUSE, GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH, CA11 7DU
Received 21 Dec 2011Beetham C Of E School - playing field, Stanley Street, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AS
Received 22 Oct 2020Records 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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