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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,608 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Oct 1997 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BISHOPS YARD HOUSE, BISHOP YARDS, PENRITH, CA11 7XU
Received 9 Nov 2020CHAPEL STREET, BOLTON, APPLEBY, CA16 6AU
Received 21 May 2014Brompton, New Barns Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0BH
Received 1 Jun 2018Fairthorns Road, New Hutton, KENDAL
Received 19 Jul 2018WEST GARTH, HOLME LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QD
Received 7 Mar 2005Blunderfield East Kirkoswald PENRITH CA10 1EX
Received 10 Apr 202464A ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TX
Received 5 Apr 2018Meadow Bank, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0ST
Received 30 Jun 202047 BURROWGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7TA
Received 9 Jun 2017FLAKEBRIDGE HOUSE, FLAKEBRIDGE, APPLEBY
Received 30 Oct 1998THE CINNAMON ROOM, 33 KING STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 27 Feb 2002PLUMPTON HEAD, PLUMPTON, PENRITH, CA11 9NP
Received 24 Feb 2023BATEMANS OF GRANGE, STATION SQUARE, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6EE
Received 12 Dec 2011ROUNDTHORN COUNTRY HOUSE, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH
Received 11 Mar 199915 Main Street, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PN
Received 2 Feb 202217 MITCHELGATE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BE
Received 11 May 20048 Back Lane, KENDAL, LA9 7AW
Received 3 Feb 2023CHANNEL HOUSE FARM, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NY
Received 23 Apr 2012MOSCOW FARM HOUSE, ALSTON, CA9 3NQ
Received 30 Jan 200651A SERPENTINE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 4 Jan 2000SOUTH VIEW, MOTHERBY, PENRITH, CA11 0RL
Received 15 Jul 2013SITE AT TOWN END FARM, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 22 May 2012STRIBERS FARM, HAVERTHWAITE, ULVERSTON, LA12 8PE
Received 20 Jan 2012WICKES, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 19 Mar 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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