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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,123 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 BLACK SWAN, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 10 Apr 20067 MEADOWSIDE, SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON, LA12 0XD
Received 24 Apr 2013Land Adjacent to Busher Walk KENDAL LA9 4RH
Received 19 Mar 202617 MAIN STREET, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PP
Received 9 Aug 20053 Cross Street, KENDAL, LA9 4RW
Received 30 Aug 201811 LUNE CLOSE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DA
Received 16 Jul 2012KIRKBY THORE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XA
Received 28 Aug 2018ARMSTRONG & FLEMING LTD, , GARAGE ROPER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 8HT
Received 10 Dec 201917 Collin Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HN
Received 14 Aug 2017YEW TREE FARM, REAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3ER
Received 25 Sept 200320 Woodland Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DX
Received 27 Nov 2018St Charles Church, Kents Bank Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7EY
Received 21 Jan 2015CROWN FARM, UNTHANK, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TG
Received 3 Aug 20162 BARCO HILL GROVE, PENRITH, CA11 8NF
Received 30 Nov 2018Swan Cottage Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 1SD
Received 3 Mar 202621 Arthur Street Penrith CA11 7TU
Received 6 Aug 2026HOLMELEA, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 22 Jul 2020Marks and Spencer Beehive Business Park, Thomas Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NJ
Received 3 Sept 201928 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XG
Received 18 Sept 2017Old Hall Farm Old Hall Road ULVERSTON LA12 7PA
Received 4 Oct 2024CROFT HOUSE, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3HN
Received 3 Dec 2014LAND ADJACENT TO FERNBANK, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3DS
Received 7 Dec 2020Land off Low Lane Tebay Penrith CA10 3SF
Received 24 May 2024THORNEYCROFT, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3DY
Received 3 Oct 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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