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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,959 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 RIGGSIDE MEWS, PALLET HILL, PENRITH, CA11 0BY
Received 4 May 2012Booths Supermarket, Park Road, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AD
Received 1 Jul 2019THE ARKE, OLD TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3ST
Received 28 Nov 2017LAND NEAR NORD VUE FARM, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 9 May 2005LAND ADJACENT TO HILL FARM, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SS
Received 19 Jan 2005SUNBURGH HOUSE, CROGLIN, CARLISLE, CA4 9RS
Received 19 Mar 2021Booths Supermarkets, Oubas Hill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LY
Received 16 Nov 2018Sunny Bank, Grayrigg, KENDAL, LA8 9BU
Received 5 Sept 202243 CASTLE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 7AD
Received 27 Mar 2006Land opposite 76 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 5 Oct 2022SITE AT GATEHEAD, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3EB
Received 20 Jun 2012Plot 1, Mill Gardens, Old Hall Road, Ulverston, LA12 7DG
Received 7 May 2014PLOTS 10-14 INCL GRAYTHWAITE COURT, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7BN
Received 10 May 2005Land at Bright Tarn Berrier Greystoke Penrith
Received 21 Aug 2026MIDTOWN FARM, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 20 Jan 201111 Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BD
Received 18 Aug 2023Swarthmoor Hall Wood Springfield Road ULVERSTON LA12 0EH
Received 19 Dec 20241 Belmont KENDAL LA9 4JP
Received 7 Aug 2025POOLEY BRIDGE TO DACRE PIPELINE
Received 21 Dec 200414 THE GREEN, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8NH
Received 24 Apr 2012HOLLIN HEAD, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 23 Dec 2004LITTLE DICKS FARM, PENNY BRIDGE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RP
Received 6 Dec 2004Curlew Cottage 5 High Tenterfell Kendal LA9 4PG
Received 4 Sept 2025THE OLD WEIGH HOUSE, ABBOTS BROW, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AT
Received 18 Apr 2006Records 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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