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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,169 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land near Sceugh Hill Farm Southwaite CARLISLE CA4 0NB
Received 30 Jul 2024JAYCOTT, OVERBURN, ALSTON, CA9 3SH
Received 25 Jul 2013TAMWORTH LODGE, PENNINGTON LANE, ULVERSTON
Received 12 Jul 2006Pierremont, Rockland Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7HR
Received 2 Apr 2015HILLTOP COTTAGE BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
Received 12 Jan 2012TOWN HEAD FARM, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DB
Received 23 Mar 2004LIBRARY COTTAGE, RAVENGHYLL, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1DQ
Received 3 Jul 2006LAND ADJOINING GREEN GARTH, GARTH COTTAGE, LITTLE GARTH,, CROFT END, YANWATH GATE FARM,, YANWATH, PENRITH
Received 18 May 2004The Stable Plumpton PENRITH CA11 9NS
Received 8 Jan 2026Land west of Mill Lane, Gleaston Mill Farm, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QH
Received 9 Dec 2021Land to the east of Woodclose Cottage, Silverdale Road, Arnside, Cumbria, LA5 0AB
Received 9 Apr 2013UNIT 5 MERESIDE, GREENBANK ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9FB
Received 16 Mar 2018The Old Vicarage, Glebe Close, Burton, Carnforth, LA6 1PL
Received 22 May 2014ROSE COTTAGE, GARTH ROW, KENDAL, LA8 9AT
Received 14 Oct 2005West End Nurseries, West End Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HP
Received 30 Mar 2017DUNKELD, 54 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UQ
Received 15 Jul 201510 Parsonage Fold MILNTHORPE LA7 7RJ
Received 26 Jan 202640 Kirkbie Green, Kendal, LA9 7AJ
Received 19 Oct 2015NORD VUE FARM, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TN
Received 16 May 2022Woodland below Dobbs Hall, Arnside, Cumbria
Received 21 Jan 2015OAKLANDS, SOUTHWAITE ROAD, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0ES
Received 30 Mar 2012Building at Wood Corner Lambrigg KENDAL LA8 0DG
Received 25 Oct 2024Avondale, 84 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 21 May 2021Hall More Caravan Park, Hale, Milnthorpe, LA7 7BP
Received 7 Aug 2015Records 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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