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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,326 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND NORTH OF RAISELANDS FARM, PENRITH
Received 11 May 2017ROE HILL, HIGH BRIDGE, DALSTON, CARLISLE, CA5 7DR
Received 10 Aug 2012Stonecross Mansion, Daltongate, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RY
Received 18 Dec 2017Eden Gate Farm Warcop Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6PL
Received 23 Jul 2024Cross Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DQ
Received 9 May 2023THE FIRS, ACKENTHWAITE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7FL
Received 17 Sept 2003BUILDING AT THE REAR OF 40 MARKET PLACE, KENDAL, LA9 4TX
Received 4 Aug 2003Lower Flat Gordon House, Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6AN
Received 28 Jul 2020LAND AT HIGH LANE, NEWBIGGIN ON LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NY
Received 8 Dec 20141 The Priory, Priory Lane, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 7BH
Received 9 Sept 2014Kirkby Hall, KIRKBY in FURNESS, LA17 7UX
Received 6 Jun 2018ROAD HEAD FARM, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PB
Received 2 Feb 2017SILFLAY, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3SR
Received 14 Sept 202217 Castle Oval, KENDAL, LA9 7BD
Received 20 Jun 2018Moss House Farm, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UY
Received 14 Mar 2019Trinity Court, New Church Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NH
Received 8 May 20192 AIMSHAUGH ROAD, LEADGATE, ALSTON, CA9 3EN
Received 31 Aug 2018Land at east of High Thorn Farm, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9JX
Received 12 Nov 2015LAND OFF SCAUR LANE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BX
Received 16 Dec 202239 Beast Banks, KENDAL, LA9 4JJ
Received 17 Jul 2017WHARTON HALL, WHARTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LD
Received 31 Jul 2014Land at Eden Lane Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9LY
Received 20 Oct 2025Ivy Cottage, Dragley Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 0ES
Received 20 Jan 2022FRASERS WOOD, BROUGHTON BECK, NR ULVERSTON, LA12 7PJ
Received 2 Jul 2013Records 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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