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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,581 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Dec 1997 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PART FIELD 3123 AT SHIRE FARM, OUSBY, PENRITH
Received 6 Feb 2004KENDALL COTTAGE, LITTLE URSWICK, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PS
Received 10 Jul 201212 RED TARN ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7LZ
Received 17 Aug 2012LATTENDALES FARM, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UE
Received 16 Jan 201211 Quakers Close Sockbridge Penrith CA10 2JJ
Received 15 Jan 2025Wandales Barn, Wandales Lane, High Casterton, LA6 2SF
Received 12 Dec 2014The Clubhouse, Ulverston Golf Club, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QJ
Received 29 Oct 2020Black Barn Yanwath Hall Farm Yanwath PENRITH
Received 24 Mar 2025THE BUNGALOW GARAGE/WORKSHOP, DOOMGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RB
Received 15 Feb 2019BRIDGE HOUSE, 1 FAIRVIEW, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HF
Received 28 Jun 2004ABBEY NATIONAL PLC, 10 MARKET SQUARE, PENRITH, CA11 7BY
Received 28 Oct 2003MIDDLESHAW HEAD BARN, OLD HUTTON.
Received 15 May 1998Barton Dene, 6 Priory Lane, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7BH
Received 16 Aug 201630 Beechnut Road KENDAL LA9 7FF
Received 3 Mar 2025LANGTHWAITE COTTAGE, CASTERTON, LA6 2NH
Received 11 Oct 200683 Serpentine Road, KENDAL, LA9 4PD
Received 21 May 20194 RAKEHEAD CLOSE, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA
Received 10 Dec 2001Carleton Hall Carleton Avenue Penrith Westmorland And Furness CA10 2AU
Received 7 Jan 2025WYNGARTH, 9 LUMLEY ROAD, KENDAL
Received 26 Apr 2001BRANT HOWE, FAIRGARTH, KIRKBY LONSDALE.
Received 16 Dec 19981 & 2 PLANE TREES, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3PH
Received 29 Jun 2022TOWNHEAD FARM, NEWBIGGIN, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 4 Mar 200091 Hayclose Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 7NT
Received 1 Apr 2016124 Highgate, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 4HE
Received 30 Apr 2015Records 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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