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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,619 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
GREYSTONE HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EF
Received 26 Apr 20183a Silverdale Road Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0AB
Received 28 Oct 2025SITE OFF, NICHOLSON LANE, PENRITH
Received 22 Apr 1998BIG PARK FARM, DOCKER FELL, NEW HUTTON
Received 21 Dec 2001ASHLEA, MILNTHORPE ROAD, HOLME, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PX
Received 11 Feb 2013Hillstones, 58 Leighton Beck Road, Slack Head, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AZ
Received 12 Jun 2020PLOT 5, MILL BROW, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 30 Aug 2000South View Farm, Sandside Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9ED
Received 30 Jun 2020MARSDEN FARM, FARLETON.
Received 4 Jan 199918A WESTMORLAND SHOPPING CENTRE, KENDAL
Received 17 Nov 1998OVERBURN COTTAGE, ALSTON
Received 4 Jul 200320, HOLYOAKE TERRACE, PENRITH
Received 5 Sept 2002The Barn and The Bothy, Willowsway Country Estate, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0LE
Received 8 Oct 20209 SPITAL PARK, KENDAL, LA9 6HG
Received 4 Feb 2004LAND AT GILLIAN'S WELL, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 23 Oct 2015PLOT 3, MILL BROW, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 23 Jul 2001BROAD LEA, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JP
Received 13 Jan 2012MASONS GARAGE, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 13 May 19992 Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PN
Received 26 Nov 202028 Esthwaite Avenue, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7PG
Received 28 Jul 2014SANDGATE FARM, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LD
Received 12 Oct 2006ROYAL COTTAGE, MAIN STREET, BURTON-IN-KENDAL, LA6 1LY
Received 19 Apr 2006DISUSED FARM BUILDING WEST VIEW FARM, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 4 Aug 199945 PLANTATION AVENUE, ARNSIDE
Received 24 May 2000Records 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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