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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,231 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Thacka House 1 Milton Street PENRITH CA11 9HY
Received 1 Dec 2023Crooklands House, Bobbin Mill Lane, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, LA7 7NW
Received 5 Jan 20164 Woodland Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DX
Received 16 Sept 201925 Church Walk, ULVERSTON, LA12 7EN
Received 24 Feb 2021STUDIO HOUSE, MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3HS
Received 18 Nov 2020WETHERIGGS FARM, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DH
Received 17 Jun 2013BARLEY COTTAGE, DOOMGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RB
Received 18 Aug 2020School House, 1 Castle Street, KENDAL, LA9 7AA
Received 13 Dec 2022SMITHY COTTAGE, LOWGATE, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8NL
Received 25 Jan 2013THE WHITE COTTAGE, HARTSIDE, ALSTON, CUMBRIA, CA9 3BW
Received 3 Jan 2012TREETOPS, SKELTON, PENRITH
Received 6 Jul 2002WHITEFOLD FARM, REAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3ER
Received 4 Feb 201931 WESTGARTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4TF
Received 23 May 200674 Greenside, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5DT
Received 27 Feb 2023BUSHBY HOUSE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TF
Received 23 Jan 2013Texaco Garage, Oubas Hill, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LB
Received 19 Aug 2016THE COACH HOUSE, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HB
Received 14 Jul 2015The White House, Aynsome Road, Cartmel, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6PR
Received 16 Dec 20158 FRIARS TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 8DD
Received 19 Jul 2017BIRDS PARK FARM SEDBERGH ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6PB
Received 5 Dec 2005BRADLEY HEAD, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QA
Received 10 Mar 2017Rear of 62 Kennedy Place on Boundary with 8 The Field Daltongate Ulverston LA12 7FX
Received 8 Apr 2025OSBORNE HOUSE, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3SG
Received 21 Oct 2019Skells Lodge Great Urswick DALTON-IN-FURNESS LA15 8JG
Received 19 Jan 2024Records 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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