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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,972 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 9 Nov 2022Toulmins, North Road, Holme, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QG
Received 13 May 2013Kit Crag Selside KENDAL LA8 9EW
Received 23 Sept 2024WEST VIEW, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9PG
Received 17 May 200610 LOWTHER GLEN, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BP
Received 12 Aug 201662 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 23 Jul 2018Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 27 Sept 2019THE FRIARY, BATTLEBARROW, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XT
Received 28 Nov 2011Priory Close, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QQ
Received 30 Jul 2018HOW HILL, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 15 Dec 200562 Stricklandgate Penrith CA11 7NJ
Received 24 Jun 2024BARN NEXT TO HILL HOUSE, FELL LANE, PENRITH
Received 23 Aug 20051 Scaur Close Lazonby Penrith CA10 1BT
Received 15 Jul 2026BANK HOUSE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TJ
Received 13 Dec 2021Existing telecommunications installation at Roxy Cinema, Brogden Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AH
Received 4 Feb 2020Stonecross Nursing Home, 107 Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HH
Received 27 Feb 2019KIRKBY THORE HALL, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XN
Received 26 Jan 2012MOUNT PLEASANT HOUSE, BEAST BANKS, KENDAL, LA9 4JJ
Received 7 Jul 2006FOSSILS, MELKINTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2DR
Received 11 Mar 2016CLOVER LEA, WART BARROW LANE, ALLITHWAITE, LA11 7RA
Received 19 Sept 200535 ANCHORITE ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 5NF
Received 8 Aug 2012CHURCH HOUSE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TE
Received 15 Sept 2016Lone Ash, Grange Fell Road, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6AN
Received 9 Feb 2015CHAPEL VIEW, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LX
Received 27 Apr 2017Records 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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