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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,926 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hall Farm Morland PENRITH CA10 3AZ
Received 28 Jul 2025CROSBY HALL, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3HY
Received 23 Jul 2015Beetham Holiday Homes, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BS
Received 23 Mar 2018LOW HOUSE FARM, HUTTON ROOF, LA6 2PG
Received 27 Sept 2006Town Head Farm Great Strickland Penrith CA10 3DJ
Received 15 Dec 2025Cedar View, Penny Bridge, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RJ
Received 17 May 2017Low Mid Town Cottage, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SP
Received 26 Mar 2019POLICE HOUSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NS
Received 18 May 20184 STATION ROAD, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SZ
Received 3 Oct 2012JASMIN COTTAGE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QF
Received 28 Feb 2018High Roosebeck Farm, Goadsbarrow, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RE
Received 15 Jul 2021STRICKLAND ARMS, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 1 Aug 2022PLOT 6 JOINERS CLOSE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HU
Received 24 Aug 2023Old Hall South, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7NP
Received 5 Jun 201514 NEW MARKET STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LN
Received 12 Sept 2006Allithwaite Road, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JR
Received 12 Apr 2022BEECH WOOD, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UN
Received 5 Oct 2018THE OLD RECTORY, ALDINGHAM, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RT
Received 27 Oct 20045 Rose Hill Grove, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HR
Received 3 Dec 2020Brookside, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QU
Received 9 Feb 2023Land at Natland Mill Beck Lane, KENDAL, LA9 7LH
Received 21 Aug 201749 Priory Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7BH
Received 13 Jul 202220 - 30 Sandes Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 4SG
Received 27 Jul 20218 Market Place, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BA
Received 2 Jul 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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