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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SITE OF FORMER MANSION STAGSTONES, PENRITH
Received 28 Jan 200250 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 31 Mar 202145 MILNER MOUNT, PENRITH, CA11 8EZ
Received 5 Nov 2020APPLEGARTH, LINDEN FOLD, CART LANE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AE
Received 16 Aug 2005Bank End Farm Hesket Newmarket CA7 8HR
Received 4 Dec 202565 JUTLAND AVENUE, RAVENSTOWN, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LQ
Received 1 Jun 2004CURRAH CLOSE, OUSBY, PENRITH
Received 16 Jul 2001Ship Inn, Main Street, Greenodd, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QZ
Received 10 May 201625 SOMERWOOD CLOSE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6BH
Received 30 May 2006LAND BETWEEN AULDBY FARM AND FOWRASS FARM, LAITHES, PENRITH
Received 15 Jun 2018PRIZET SOUTH SERVICES, A591, HELSINGTON, KENDAL, LA8 8AA
Received 20 Mar 2006Temple Bank, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 17 Jun 2020FIELD NO 8400, STONEYBECK, PENRITH
Received 10 Aug 2006BARN ADJACENT TO GELDART HOUSE, SCALES
Received 14 Dec 2001Lakesway Holiday Home And Lodge Park, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8EQ
Received 18 Apr 2018Lingwood Park Cartmel Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QA
Received 25 Jul 20259 HELME CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 7HY
Received 4 Oct 2006Public Library, Kings Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BT
Received 15 May 2020Kings Head, Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 18 Nov 2019FIELD OS 5000, WINSKILL, PENRITH
Received 22 Jul 200212 Hill Crest Drive, Slack Head, Milnthorpe, LA7 7BB
Received 5 Jun 20141 HAZELCROFT GARDENS, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AN
Received 12 Aug 20033 Priory Lane GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BH
Received 30 Mar 2026CORNER HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9ND
Received 27 Mar 2013Records 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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