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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,005 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MELBOURNE HOUSE, THACKA LANE, PENRITH, CA11 9NG
Received 15 Feb 20178 Market Place, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BA
Received 12 Dec 2017Blue Ridge Woodhouse Lane Heversham MILNTHORPE LA7 7EW
Received 11 Oct 2024NORFOLK HOUSE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 4 Jan 2016Land West of Chimney Gill Cottage Sebergham CARLISLE CA5 7EB
Received 20 Aug 2024MOOR LANE GARAGE, AIRFIELD APPROACH BUSINESS PARK, MOOR LANE, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LS
Received 8 Mar 201242 VALLEY DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 7AG
Received 19 Dec 20053 Woodbank Villas, Fernleigh Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HN
Received 8 Nov 2019EDEN VIEW FARM, LOW MOOR, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XQ
Received 6 Oct 2016Heron Corn Mill, Mill Lane, Beetham, Milnthorpe, LA7 7PQ
Received 15 May 201337 Stonecross Road KENDAL LA9 5HR
Received 3 Nov 2025Preston Patrick Hall Preston Patrick MILNTHORPE LA7 7NY
Received 11 Jun 2025BRIAR COTTAGE, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UF
Received 5 Jan 2016LAND AT NENTHEAD VILLAGE CENTRE, NENTHEAD, ALSTON
Received 17 May 2017RECTORY FARM, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UJ
Received 4 Feb 201325 Fountain Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EQ
Received 18 May 2018ASKRIGG HALL, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SU
Received 15 Jun 2018TOWN HEAD FARM, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH
Received 10 May 2004115 Allithwaite Road, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JR
Received 14 Dec 2022MORLAND HOUSE, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AZ
Received 6 Nov 2015BIGGINS HOME FARM, HIGH BIGGINS, NEAR KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 9 Feb 20063 WAYSIDE TERRACE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QL
Received 19 May 2017SKILBECK, FORT PUTNAM, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UP
Received 14 Jun 2013Whinney Haw Farm, Firbank, Sedbergh, LA10 5EN
Received 8 Jul 2014Records 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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