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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,261 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Behind 1 Levensford House Main Street Greenodd ULVERSTON LA12 7QY
Received 8 Sept 2026Wells House Farm, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6PN
Received 10 Jun 2013LIMNERSLEASE, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UE
Received 18 Sept 2019MARSDEN FARM, FARLETON
Received 26 Apr 2002LAND OFF PATTINSON CLOSE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HN
Received 2 Jun 2014ROAN EDGE LANDFILL SITE, KILLINGTON, KENDAL
Received 12 Jul 2006Woodland opposite 1 The Stables, High Park, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7RE
Received 3 May 2017Land west of Sedgwick Road, Natland, KENDAL, LA9 7FJ
Received 13 Apr 20217 WATERCROOK FARM, NATLAND, KENDAL, LA9 7QB
Received 7 Jun 2005NEW BUILD, SHIRE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PT
Received 14 Jun 2013ST PAUL'S CHAPEL AND CHURCH HALL, TOWNHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SL
Received 5 Mar 2004Burton House, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9AP
Received 29 Sept 2023BLAKESTONES, CHARNEY ROAD, GRANGE-, OVER-SANDS
Received 10 Apr 2002St Peters Church Woodhouse Lane Heversham MILNTHORPE LA7 7EW
Received 14 Aug 2026HALL FARM, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AZ
Received 23 Jun 2006THE SCHOOL HOUSE, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH
Received 7 May 200347-51 Highgate KENDAL LA9 4ED
Received 11 May 2026NORD VUE FARM, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TN
Received 15 Jul 20058 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 11 Feb 2019IVY HOUSE, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 15 Aug 2012Low Grounds Plumpton PENRITH CA11 9NS
Received 6 Feb 2024COLBY HOUSE, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UB
Received 20 Apr 2016LOW CLIFTON DYKES BARN, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DH
Received 13 Feb 2020THE KINGS ARMS, MAIN STREET, BURTON IN KENDAL
Received 31 Jan 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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