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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,278 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Moorings, Canal Foot, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EN
Received 22 Mar 2021PART FIELD OS 1355, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 14 May 2002WRAY FARM, DOCKER, KENDAL, LA8 0DB
Received 15 Aug 2005FARM COTTAGE, GREEN LANE, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JX
Received 20 Aug 2004HPB Merlewood Windermere Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6JT
Received 14 Sept 202626 STRICKLANDGATE, WAINWRIGHTS YARD ENTRANCE, KENDAL, LA9 4ND
Received 12 Aug 20054 HORSLEY TERRACE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8AY
Received 26 Jan 2012BATEMANS OF GRANGE, STATION SQUARE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EE
Received 24 May 2006HELBECK QUARRY, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 7 Mar 2016WHINFELL PARK, BROUGHAM
Received 8 Apr 2002POPLIN DUB, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CA11 0UT
Received 27 Apr 20221-3 CAVENDISH STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AD
Received 24 Nov 2006LONG MEG FARM, LITTLE SALKELD, PENRITH, CA10 1NW
Received 19 Dec 201612 UNDERCLIFF ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4PS
Received 30 Mar 2004ACCESS ROAD AND COMMUNAL AREA ADJACENT TO 1-7 GREEN GARTH, HOLME, CARNFORTH, LANCASHIRE
Received 9 Apr 2013FELLSDALE & WEST WOOD, DOVE NEST LANE, ENDMOOR, KENDAL, LA8 0EY
Received 4 May 20047 DUKE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7LY
Received 10 Oct 2012WEST VIEW, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SB
Received 5 Jul 2021Braeside, Storth Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HS
Received 27 Mar 2018Indigo 13 Kirkland, KENDAL, LA9 5AF
Received 3 Jun 2019Oversands View, Grange Over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7BW
Received 23 Sept 2014Archway Veterinary Practice, The Stables, Station Square, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6EH
Received 24 Jul 2018LOWBYER COTTAGE, ALSTON, CA9 3JX
Received 20 Aug 20201 Abbey Farm Skirwith Penrith CA10 1RB
Received 15 Dec 2023Records 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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