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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,191 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TT
Received 7 Sept 2017RED LION, 6 BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UE
Received 21 Jul 20043 WASDALE CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 17 Apr 2003Alston Cottage Storth to Beetham MILNTHORPE LA7 7AL
Received 30 Sept 2026Seldomin Rookby KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4JB
Received 6 Oct 2025West End House Lazonby PENRITH CA10 1AJ
Received 9 Oct 2025EARLSTON HOUSE, MOTHERBY, PENRITH, CA11 0RJ
Received 17 Feb 20060, NORLAND, MAIN STREET, BAYCLIFF, ULVERSTON, LA129RN
Received 16 Jul 2004Meadowsweet Barn Broughton Beck ULVERSTON LA12 7PR
Received 25 Feb 2026LAND AT LOW BYRE MANOR FARM, ALSTON
Received 21 Nov 2003YANWATH CARE HOME, HAZEL BANK, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 12 Dec 2011Old Workshop Little Musgrave KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4PQ
Received 1 Jun 2026LAND NEAR MOSS THORN FARM, PALLET HILL, PENRITH
Received 26 May 2015Land at Nook Farm, Colt House Lane, ULVERSTON, Cumbria
Received 6 Jan 2015Orange Deerslet near Deerslet, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1JG
Received 4 Mar 2020CHURCH HOUSE, PARR STREET, KENDAL
Received 20 Oct 20061 & 2 POTTERS LODGE, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AR
Received 27 Sept 2012Barn Hey Farm, Flookburgh Road, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RJ
Received 11 Apr 202254 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 25 Mar 2022LIMEKILN NOOK, SEBERGHAM, CARLISLE, CA5 7DY
Received 10 Sept 2014CRAKE TREES MANOR, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JG
Received 17 Sept 2015FIELD NEAR THE OLD CHAPEL, NENTSBERRY, ALSTON
Received 4 Feb 2019POPLIN DUB, JOHNBY, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UT
Received 29 Sept 2016THACKWOOD FARM, MONKCASTLE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PZ
Received 30 Sept 2015Records 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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