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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,379 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 17 Jun 20021-4 GASGARTH MEWS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RY
Received 12 Jun 201357 BURNTBARROW, STORTH, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JW
Received 14 Nov 2003GLEN COTTAGE, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 15 Sept 2006Blackhall Croft Blackhall Road KENDAL LA9 4UU
Received 26 Mar 2026HOG HOUSE HILL ROAD, NR STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 12 Mar 2004Westfield, Kents Bank Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DJ
Received 4 Jun 20217 BRENT GARDENS, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8DH
Received 28 Jul 2022LAND ADJ LITTLETHWAITE, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BQ
Received 13 Nov 20192 Mitchelgate Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2BE
Received 24 Jul 2025MARKS AND SPENCER STORE CAR PARK
Received 1 Jun 2001Land South West of Eden View Salkeld Road Langwathby PENRITH CA10 1ND
Received 4 Sept 2026HIGH BRACKEN, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NF
Received 17 Mar 2004MOORLANDS HEAD, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1TH
Received 10 Apr 2006TOWNHEAD NEW FARM, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HG
Received 8 Oct 2019Stocks Farm, Scalthwaiterigg, KENDAL, LA9 6PL
Received 5 Jun 2019WEARDALE VILLA, NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AJ
Received 13 Jun 2022TOWNHEAD FARM HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 29 Sept 2017SITE AT EDEN BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH
Received 18 Nov 2004Over Eden Culgaith PENRITH CA10 1QT
Received 3 Apr 202436 VICTORIA ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8HR
Received 12 Jul 2021Berners Close Kents Bank Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7DQ
Received 12 May 20269 SYCAMORE DRIVE, PENRITH, CA11 8UG
Received 24 Oct 2017OLD STATION, STATION ROAD, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NB
Received 13 Sept 2023Records 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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