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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,890 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heatherdene Stainton Penrith CA11 0EE
Received 9 Apr 2024Broadley Fold, Chapels, KIRKBY in FURNESS, LA17 7XY
Received 6 Sept 2016BARTONS FARM, THOMAS CLOSE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QF
Received 26 Jan 2017Monks Nook, Kirkhead Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7BG
Received 8 Mar 2017ST THOMAS CHURCH, THE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QJ
Received 22 Oct 2012Boundary Bank, Boundary Bank Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5RR
Received 28 May 2015MOLE END, BALMERS FARM, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NP
Received 20 Jun 2023Pennine View Caravan Park Station Road Kirkby Stephen CA17 4SZ
Received 20 May 2026Stonecross Gardens, ULVERSTON, LA12 7XA
Received 3 Sept 2019STONERIGGS, MURTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6LS
Received 14 Apr 202017 Calder Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6LR
Received 14 Feb 2023Helmwood, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JT
Received 19 Jul 2018CLIBURN HALL, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 26 Jul 2023Porsche Centre, Longpool, KENDAL, LA9 6BX
Received 4 Dec 2020Knock Hall Knock APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6DN
Received 22 Jan 202523 THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH, CA11 8TF
Received 12 Sept 2006LAND AT CARLETON HEIGHTS, PENRITH
Received 28 Nov 2017The Joiners Shop Leighton Beck Road Slack Head MILNTHORPE LA7 7AX
Received 21 Nov 202433 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 5 Apr 2013Cartmel Junior And Infant C Of E School Aynsome Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6PR
Received 26 Feb 2024HALL GARDENS, TANPITS LANE, BURTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HZ
Received 29 Jul 2013Plum Tree Barn, Brigsteer, Kendal, LA8 8AT
Received 26 Aug 20141 COLDSPRINGS COURT, PENRITH, CA11 8EX
Received 24 Aug 2012LAND TO REAR OF BROW END COTTAGE, GREAT URSWICK, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA
Received 12 Jan 2005Records 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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