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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0 approved · 0 refused · 1,993 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
116 SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9JB
Received 15 Jun 2012SANDFORD ARMS, SANDFORD, APPLEBY, CA16 6NR
Received 26 Nov 2015THE MINERS LODGE, LONG LANE, STAINTON WITH ADGARLEY, CUMBRIA, LA13 0NN
Received 19 Apr 2005UNTHANK FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TG
Received 17 Feb 2005The Larches Stainton PENRITH CA11 0ES
Received 12 Feb 20241 CHURCH VIEW, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LX
Received 1 Sept 2014BRETHERDALE HALL, BRETHERDALE, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3TE
Received 2 Nov 200612 Beech Bank, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EZ
Received 8 Jan 2018LATTENDALES, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UE
Received 18 Sept 2006PREMIER INN, MAUDE STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4QD
Received 3 Jun 2013HORSE AND WAGON CARAVAN PARK, NENTSBURY, ALSTON, CA9 3LH
Received 16 Apr 2021OWLET ASH HOUSE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QD
Received 20 Mar 2013FIELD NO 4600, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 23 Dec 2004Birkby Cottage Stables, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7NP
Received 1 Dec 20174 HIGH SEAT HILL, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AW
Received 28 Sept 20041 Railway Cottages, Next Ness, Ulverston, LA12 7QW
Received 28 Nov 2012THE LING, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JE
Received 20 Jul 2021BONNYGATE FARM, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PJ
Received 4 Jun 2020Cocklea, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NR
Received 4 Mar 2014Trafalgar Garage, Ashleigh Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HE
Received 28 Jan 202226 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 9 Nov 2020STOWGILL, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HZ
Received 15 Apr 20167 KELD HEAD, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EH
Received 2 May 2013Lane House Farm, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9HR
Received 20 Mar 2023Records 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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