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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
MIDTOWN BARN, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 1 Jun 2016Glenholme, Fernleigh Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7HN
Received 15 May 2018Saltcotes Hall, Station Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HG
Received 29 May 2019Longview (formally The Covenant), Vicarage Close, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NP
Received 13 Feb 2023Land off Low Lane Tebay Penrith
Received 18 Sept 2024The Eddington Highgate KENDAL LA9 4HE
Received 12 Nov 2024CRIMBLE, 4 METHVEN CLOSE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA117DX
Received 10 Jul 20032 KINGSWOOD, REDHILLS ROAD, ARNSIDE, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AN
Received 18 Jun 2003Aikrigg Farm, Parkside Road, KENDAL, LA9 7BL
Received 1 Dec 2020CROSSFIELD FARM, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9NQ
Received 4 Mar 2015FIELD AT THE END OF YANS LANE, STORTH
Received 3 Apr 2003Laurel House, 33 New Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AB
Received 29 Nov 2019THE COTTAGE, FLAN HOW, ULVERSTON
Received 20 Aug 200222 CLIFFORD CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 8QD
Received 15 Feb 2016LAND ADJOINING B & Q, BRIDGE LANE, PENRITH
Received 30 Jan 2002117 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SD
Received 26 Oct 2021SITE ADJACENT TO ROSE COTTAGE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PT
Received 20 Feb 20121 ARNBARROW, SANDSIDE, STORTH, LA7 7HP
Received 28 Jun 2005GEORGE HOTEL, DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7SU
Received 8 Oct 2021Garden to the rear of 28 Market Street Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JU
Received 31 Mar 2026PADUA, RAILWAY TERRACE, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LE
Received 11 Feb 2020SEAWOOD HOUSE CARTER ROAD, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7AS
Received 23 May 2011OLD HALL FARMHOUSE, BONGATE, APPLEBY
Received 30 Aug 2001WASTE WATER SITE, NEW ROAD, BURNESIDE, LA9 6PX
Received 22 May 2006Records 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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