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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BUILDINGS ADJ TO ROSE BARN, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LX
Received 24 Feb 2015Charnwood Garth Heads Road Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6TR
Received 1 Oct 2025HIGHFIELD LODGE, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UE
Received 31 Jan 2012Helme Bank House, Skelsmergh, KENDAL, LA9 6NU
Received 10 Nov 201418 Gandy Street, KENDAL, LA9 7AE
Received 4 Mar 201916 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2AE
Received 28 Aug 2024LAND OFF, STREET LANE, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 6 Jul 2000PUMP HOUSE, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9RH
Received 29 Nov 202132 FINKLE STREET, KENDAL
Received 2 Aug 2001BRACKENBANK VIEW, MURTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LZ
Received 2 Jul 2014WEBBS GARDEN CENTRE, BURNESIDE ROAD,, KENDAL.
Received 13 Jan 1998HAWESWATER CLOSE, LAND OFF GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH
Received 25 Nov 19973 TRAM LANE, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 17 Apr 2000Land NE of Highmoor Ruckcroft Armathwaite Carlisle CA4 9QR
Received 28 Jun 2024HIGH FELL GATE FARM, CARTMEL ROAD,, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 24 Sept 200210 BALMORAL CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 9BJ
Received 7 Mar 2005JARDINES FARM, OUSBY, PENRITH
Received 20 Feb 2000LAND TO THE REAR OF STAYNE GARTH, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0EP
Received 12 Sept 20226 Cark House Court, Cark In Cartmel, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7PE
Received 23 May 2016LITTLE GARTH, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AW
Received 14 Mar 2006HIPSHOW FARM, MEALBANK
Received 26 Jan 19983 YEALAND DRIVE, ULVERSTON
Received 19 Jul 2000LAND AT CARLETON HILL ROAD, PENRITH
Received 31 May 2022ROW END FARM, SOULBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 11 May 1999Records 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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