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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
PLOT 2 PHASE 7, CARLETON HEIGHTS, PENRITH
Received 22 May 2002MONKS HOUSE, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NS
Received 17 May 2017Land adjacent to The Knoll, School Road, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UQ
Received 29 May 2020TYNEFIELD HOUSE, BRIDGE LANE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8HY
Received 24 Nov 2011Land adjacent to Low Carley Lodge, Carley Lane, ULVERSTON, Cumbria
Received 14 Jun 2019High Trees, Leighton Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BE
Received 20 Sept 20214 Haygarth Court, KENDAL, LA9 4JF
Received 28 Aug 2018133 Birchwood Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9NY
Received 5 Jul 2021Claremont Cottage, Old Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0NL
Received 17 May 2017Viver Green, Viver Lane, Greenside, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NA
Received 26 Jan 2018LAND ADJACENT TO IVY COTTAGE, AIKETGATE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TH
Received 13 Mar 2017FELLCROFT, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 17 Oct 2005THWAITEHOWE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HS
Received 30 Mar 201631 Somme Avenue, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LJ
Received 17 Aug 2020Blagill Farm Blagill Cumbria CA9 3NB
Received 7 Mar 2024TOWNEND FARM, FARLETON, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PB
Received 26 Apr 2004LAND TO REAR OF BELL MOUNT FARM, NR. STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 24 Mar 2015FIVE OAKS, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 29 Mar 20183 TOWN END BARNS, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HY
Received 6 Dec 2004Old Vicarage, Beckside, Kirkby In Furness, LA17 7TG
Received 18 Nov 2016Barn at Hollins Farm, Far Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0SL
Received 11 Aug 2014ENYEAT (RAINBOW) COTTAGE, MAIN STREET, ENDMOOR, KENDAL, LA8 0EU
Received 19 May 2004FELLSIDE, WHINFELL
Received 8 May 2002BRADYLLS BARDSEA
Received 26 Jul 2002Records 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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