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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,409 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 OLD VICARAGE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1DH
Received 13 Feb 2015CUMBRIA HIGHWAYS, SKIRSGILL HIGHWAYS DEPOT, PENRITH, CA10 2BQ
Received 14 Sept 20162 Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4ND
Received 17 Jul 2014121 Windermere Road, KENDAL, LA9 5EP
Received 10 Jun 2019FELLSIDE, COLBY, APPLEBY, CA16 6BD
Received 15 Sept 2014UNIT 9/10 CHANCEL PLACE, SHAP ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KENDAL, LA9 6NZ
Received 9 Feb 2006SOULBY VILLAGE GREEN
Received 21 Jun 20161 POPPLEMIRE BARNS, LOW BLEAZE, OLD, HUTTON
Received 9 Sept 2002LINDEN HOUSE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1RZ
Received 9 Jul 2015COWRAN FARM, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JW
Received 28 Sept 2011Barn Adjacent Furnace Cottage, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 17 Feb 2022BARCO LODGE, FOLLY LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8NA
Received 19 Dec 2014WYDON, BEACON STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UA
Received 2 Aug 2021Lupton Mill, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PW
Received 16 Jun 2016LAND AT THE SHIRE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1PT
Received 10 May 20065 KELD CLOSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EJ
Received 17 May 2013CHADWELL HOUSE, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7UL
Received 12 Jul 2016Land at Low Plains Farm Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9RQ
Received 3 Sept 2025Land South of Allithwaite Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 19 May 2023113 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4RF
Received 21 Apr 2020HERDWICK HOUSE, DYKEHEADS, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3PY
Received 8 Nov 2023Courtyard Chinese Restaurant 7 Cornmarket Penrith CA11 7DA
Received 8 Aug 2024Leeds Childrens Holiday Camp Association, Far Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0SJ
Received 18 Sept 2018THE UPFRONT GALLERY, UNTHANK FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TG
Received 22 May 2012Records 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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