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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
SCOUT HILL, MIDDLE ROW FARM, LUPTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PZ
Received 16 Mar 2006SCOTTS FISH RESTAURANT, SANDGATE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7TA
Received 28 Oct 2003SILVER FIELDS QUARRY, FLUSCO, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH
Received 10 May 2016MILLNESS HILL HOLIDAY PARK, CROOKLANDS
Received 9 May 2003CARLETON MANOR PARK, CARLETON HILL, PENRITH, CA11 8AL
Received 14 Dec 2015Knottbarrow, Ackenthwaite, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DQ
Received 3 Oct 202226 MAPLE DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 5BN
Received 8 Jul 200429, SANDGATE, PENRITH
Received 5 Dec 2002PARK HOUSE, PARK VIEW, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QF
Received 13 Sept 201250 - 54 Union Street, KENDAL, LA9 4RR
Received 3 May 2017TAWNY OWL, ALDINGHAM
Received 24 Sept 2004LAND BETWEEN NOS 38 & 39 THE GILL, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BP
Received 23 Dec 2003The Firs Winskill Penrith CA10 1PB
Received 15 Oct 2025Westmorland Road APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6SD
Received 14 Apr 2025PLOT 6 JOINERS CLOSE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HU
Received 3 Mar 2021BRIDGE HOUSE, OLD HUTTON
Received 3 Jul 2002TRAVELODGE KENDAL, PRIZET SERVICES, A591, HELSINGTON, KENDAL, LA8 8AA
Received 4 Sept 2006QUEEN KATHERINE SCHOOL, APPLEBY ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6PJ
Received 5 Nov 2003Land adjacent to Newland View, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QJ
Received 8 May 2019Greentofts Culgaith Penrith CA10 1QT
Received 19 Apr 2024Procters Wood, Enyeat Road, Dove Nest Lane, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EY
Received 10 Jun 2016LOW HALL, LITTLE STRICKLAND, \, CA10 3EG
Received 26 Feb 2015MANOR FARM, BLENCOWE, PENRITH, CA11 0DB
Received 5 Jul 200631 Cherry Tree Avenue, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HE
Received 15 May 2018Records 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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