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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Downstream Weir Pennington Beck Pennington ULVERSTON LA12 7NY
Received 6 Dec 2024CORNER COTTAGE, TOWNHEAD PRIESTCLOSE LANE, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DF
Received 12 Apr 20215 METHVEN TERRACE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DP
Received 15 Jul 2005LAND REAR OF WESTFIELD, WART BARROW LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RA
Received 29 Sept 2004HILLSIDE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1DQ
Received 7 Dec 2005EWE DALE FARM, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0NX
Received 2 Mar 2012Land at South Side of Middle Barrow Lane Great Urswick ULVERSTON LA12 0SJ
Received 14 Feb 2025LIGHTBURN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NE
Received 29 May 2012CROFT HOUSE, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA101HR
Received 4 Aug 2003Bridge Street Restaurant, 1 Bridge Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7DD
Received 1 Jul 2014112 BRENTFIELD WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8DR
Received 26 Nov 2020Nutwood Manor, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EY
Received 10 Mar 202379 VALLEY DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 7AQ
Received 1 Apr 2004Land North of Newbiggin Road Kirkby Thore Penrith CA10 1UT
Received 15 Sept 2026AULBY FARM, LAITHES, PENRITH, CA11 0AN
Received 26 Mar 2021WINTER TARN, NEWBY, CA10 3EW
Received 12 Feb 2021Land adjacent to Berners Close, now known as Cedric Walk, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7DQ
Received 11 Nov 2015KELD HOUSE FARM, CROFT ENDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JW
Received 17 Oct 2011Land off A6070, Holme, CARNFORTH, Lancashire, LA6 1QP
Received 5 Sept 201929 Monument Way, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9SY
Received 5 Feb 20167 Dobbie Bank, Cark-In-Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PX
Received 10 Jun 20214 Market Place and 5 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BA
Received 8 Nov 201796 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4PU
Received 22 Mar 2022LAKE MEADOWS, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 25 Sept 2006Records 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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