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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,087 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mereside Greenbank Road Eden Business Park PENRITH
Received 22 Jan 2026BANKFOOT HOUSE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AP
Received 23 Nov 2022L'Enclume Restaurant and Aulis, Priest Lane, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6PU
Received 7 Mar 201333 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 29 Jul 2022Ashton House, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 2 Mar 202264 Highgate, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4TF
Received 19 Oct 202222 HILLSIDE, HOLME, CARNFORTH, LA6 1QD
Received 9 Aug 20136 Huntley Avenue Penrith CA11 8NS
Received 13 Nov 20251 Sandside, ULVERSTON, LA12 9EG
Received 26 Aug 2021BRIGGS BRIGG, GREAT MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DW
Received 23 Mar 201231 Huntley Avenue Penrith CA11 8NU
Received 23 Jul 2024Moses Barn, Dendron, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QN
Received 8 Jun 2018Areas surrounding Heaning Wood ULVERSTON LA12 7NZ
Received 15 Oct 2024LAND ADJ TO CLARKHALL COTTAGE, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3EB
Received 14 Apr 2016REDHILLS FOOD TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, REDHILLS LANE, REDHILLS, PENRITH, CA11 0DT
Received 30 Jan 2013FIELD ADJACENT TO A66, NEAR BOLTON ROAD ENDS, BROCKHAM WOOD, APPLEBY, CUMBRIA
Received 29 Nov 2011Field East of Smoot Garth Kings Meaburn PENRITH CA10 3BL
Received 31 Mar 2025BRAEMEAD, SHAWFIELD ROAD, BAYCLIFF, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RG
Received 18 May 2006Land near White House Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6JS
Received 17 Sept 2024LAND ADJACENT TO GALE HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 30 Mar 20222 WHITE MOSS COURT, KENDAL, LA9 5RD
Received 19 Apr 2005LAND ADJ LAKELAND PLASTICS LTD, WESTMORLAND BUSINESS PARK, GILTHWAITERIGG LANE, KENDAL, LA9 6NW
Received 19 Dec 2005PLOT 3 CLITHEROE, ALSTON, CA9 3TJ
Received 25 Apr 2005Sooty Hill Ousby PENRITH CA10 1PT
Received 26 Jan 2026Records 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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