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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HIGH HOUSE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SQ
Received 22 Jun 2006THE DEPOT, OLD LONDON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8GU
Received 8 Jun 2017MICKLEDORE HOUSE, NEWTON MEADOWS, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 16 Jun 2001OLD METHODIST CHAPEL, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QW
Received 28 Jun 2016Sea View, Pennington, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JP
Received 5 Jun 2023LOWTHER LOW MOOR, LOWTHER, PENRITH, CA10 2HH
Received 22 Aug 2005PLOT 13, ROSE HILL GROVE, SANDSIDE, STORTH, LA7 7HR
Received 1 Apr 2005Haweswater Aqueduct Docker, KENDAL
Received 18 Oct 201982 Milnthorpe Road, KENDAL, LA9 5HP
Received 30 Nov 2016Fern Bank, Preston Patrick, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PB
Received 22 Oct 20215 GREEN LANE, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JX
Received 23 Jul 2004LAND ADJ ULLSWATER HEIGHTS HOLIDAY HOME AND LODGE PARK, SILVER HOWE, FLUSCO, PENRITH, CA11 0JB
Received 2 Sept 2022BARN ATTACHED TO SOUTH SCOUT GREEN, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 11 Oct 20025, CARLETON HALL ROAD, PENRITH
Received 7 Mar 2002Ye Olde Fleece Inn, 14 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4SX
Received 26 Sept 2018AYRES BARN, HAYFELLSIDE, HAYCLOSE LANE, KENDAL, LA8 0AG
Received 14 Jul 2006Whinfell, Woodhouse Lane, Heversham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7EW
Received 11 Oct 20163 Quay Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 9AT
Received 12 Nov 201915 Green Bank, ULVERSTON, LA12 7HA
Received 10 Nov 2017Dufton House Dufton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6DF
Received 17 Mar 2025BIGGINS LODGE COTTAGE, HIGH BIGGINS, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2NP
Received 14 Dec 2004HARLEY HOUSE, GATEBECK, NR KENDAL, LA8 0HS
Received 11 Jun 200417 Inglemere Gardens, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BX
Received 8 Oct 2018FIELD NEAR THE OLD CHAPEL, NENTSBERRY, ALSTON
Received 8 May 2017Records 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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