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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,630 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
WHITE HOUSE, HOFF, APPLEBY, CA16 6TA
Received 22 Jan 2013GARDENS TO 1 & 2, CARLETON VILLAGE, PENRITH
Received 15 Dec 2002SANDGATE POOL, SANDYLANDS ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6JG
Received 29 Mar 2004STAINTON C OF E SCHOOL, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ET
Received 11 Mar 2004BUSHBY HOUSE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TF
Received 1 Oct 2014SCHOOL HOUSE, LAMONBY, PENRITH, CA11 9SS
Received 8 Dec 2016LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, UNION STREET,, ULVERSTON
Received 12 May 2003LANDLANDS PALLET HILL, PENRITH
Received 22 Jul 2002LOW PLAINS QUARRY, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 22 Feb 199918 LANESIDE ROAD, KENTS BANK, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BY
Received 29 Mar 2005Above Gate Farm, Leece, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QP
Received 31 Oct 2023LAND ADJACENT TO RAVEN BRIDGE FARM, RENWICK, PENRITH, CA10 1JJ
Received 24 Apr 202358 Holme Riggs Avenue Penrith CA11 8NL
Received 4 Jun 2025NETHERLEYS, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH
Received 10 Sept 2001SITE ADJ BARNEY SCAR, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PL
Received 16 Jun 2016SIR JOHN BARROW SCHOOL, ARGYLE STREET,, ULVERSTON.
Received 14 Jan 1998EWEBANK FARM, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 23 Jun 2003LAND AT PROSPECT FARM NEWBIGGIN HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 20 Feb 200219-23 Angel Yard, Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4DA
Received 28 Jan 2015THE PASTURES TEMPLANDS LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 3 Nov 20041 Derwent Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7PB
Received 22 Aug 2022Waters Farm Shap PENRITH CA10 3QG
Received 28 May 2026Rescue Centre, Moor Lane, FLOOKBURGH, LA11 7LT
Received 19 Aug 201639 LOWTHER PARK, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6RS
Received 29 Nov 2004Records 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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