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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,379 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE SAWMILL, CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY
Received 5 Jun 20023 TOWN VIEW, KENDAL, LA9 4QL
Received 12 Jun 201349 MAIN STREET, FLOOKBURGH
Received 10 Jun 2002BROAD CLOSE CAR PARK, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 1 Oct 2020SPAR COTTAGE, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NU
Received 14 Feb 2022COOMBS VIEW TOO, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9TJ
Received 22 Apr 2022Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, , VOREDA HOUSE, PORTLAND PLACE, PENRITH, CA11 7BF
Received 7 Jul 2017Carr Bank Garden Centre, Carr Bank Road, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JY
Received 1 Mar 2019Opposite Pendleton Cottage Fernleigh Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7HT
Received 15 Oct 2026PINFOLD, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 1 Aug 2019The Grotto Yanwath Penrith CA10 2LF
Received 22 Apr 2026LAND ADJACENT TO WHINFELL SPINNEY, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RP
Received 22 Dec 2016Websters Yard Highgate KENDAL LA9 4HA
Received 24 Sept 20263 Graythwaite Court, Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BN
Received 28 Sept 20201 Ashmount Gardens, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DN
Received 21 Sept 201654 SUNDERLAND TERRACE, ULVERSTON
Received 12 Nov 2001LAND SOUTHEAST OF B6412/LANE JUNCTION, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 28 Nov 2019Stonelands, Lyndene Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QP
Received 30 Aug 2017HALL CROFT, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 31 May 20171 Humphrey Cottages, Stainton, Kendal, LA8 0AD
Received 3 Mar 201545 GLENDOWLIN LODGES, YANWATH, CA10 2LA
Received 11 Sept 2019Low Sizergh Farm, Low Lane, Brigsteer, KENDAL, LA8 8AE
Received 30 Aug 2018JOHNBY WOODS, JOHNBY, PENRITH
Received 13 Nov 2012Land adjacent to Gurnal Bridge Lane, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA8 9AT
Received 16 Oct 2019Records 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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