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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,219 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND OFF GREENBANK ROAD, EDEN BUSiNESS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 23 Sept 2022BURTLANDS, BURTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 1HR
Received 13 Mar 2006Ground Floor Flat, 16 Lower Brook Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7LR
Received 9 Jun 2015NORTH LODGE, BOARBANK LANE, ALLITHWAITE
Received 7 Mar 2003LAND AT REAR OF CROSS HOUSE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 30 Jun 2020RAYSON HALL BARNS, OUSBY, PENRITH
Received 15 Nov 2002Low Furness C of E Primary School, Church Road, Great Urswick, Ulverston, LA12 0TA
Received 6 Mar 2015OLD RECTORY, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 24 Mar 2014HUDDLESCEUGH HALL FARM, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1LB
Received 6 Jan 2023Silver Howe Care Centre, Dalton Drive, KENDAL, LA9 6AQ
Received 20 Sept 20221 BANK EDGE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LY
Received 15 Dec 2021RANBECK, KIRKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 1RN
Received 20 Dec 202243 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 16 Aug 2012FELSTONE, WHASSETT, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DN
Received 11 Dec 2012Morningside, 37 Black Dyke Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HL
Received 10 Oct 2016LYNDON, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9ND
Received 27 Apr 2004THE LOFT, SKIRSGILL LANE, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BQ
Received 23 Nov 2005NORD VUE FARM LTD, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TN
Received 6 Apr 2005Land adjacent to 3 High Birkrigg Park, Stainton, Kendal, LA8 0DY
Received 25 Mar 2015Barn at Beck Mills Farm, Shap Road, KENDAL, LA9 6NY
Received 3 Apr 2017Millness Depot, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NR
Received 1 Feb 2018LAND ADAJCENT TO FONTAYNE, COLBY LANE, APPLEBY
Received 25 Jun 20036 VICTORIA PARK, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 7TT
Received 12 Aug 200514 BROUGHAM HALL GARDENS, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2DB
Received 31 Jul 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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