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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FIELD NOS 3800 AND 4100, BROUGH SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 13 Nov 1998Far Oakfield, 22 Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AU
Received 19 Jul 202118 BEAST BANKS, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4JW
Received 22 Nov 2011HAMPSFELL ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6BE
Received 10 Sept 2013BRIDGE END, THE SANDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XN
Received 18 Sept 2003PLUMTREE FARM, BRIGSTEER
Received 30 Aug 200211 JUNIPER WAY, PENRITH, CA11 8UF
Received 17 Sept 2013TOSCANA, 10 NEWTON MEADOWS, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AT
Received 17 Feb 2006The Pastures, Templand Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 11 Nov 2020Land South of Allithwaite Road Kents Bank GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11
Received 16 Apr 2026LAND AT, NEWTONGATE, PENRITH
Received 8 Jan 200211 A Thorny Hills, Kendal, LA9 7AL
Received 2 Mar 2016Part of agricultural land to rear of Highlands, High Knott Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AW
Received 15 Mar 20188 Fell Close, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7ES
Received 22 Jul 2021BROCCO BANK, BEETHAM, MILNTHORPE
Received 24 Mar 1999HILL HOUSE, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HL
Received 11 Feb 2019BARN AT HEGGERSCALES, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 20 Nov 2001GRANGE VIEW BUNGALOW, KNOTT ROAD, ARNSIDE, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AZ
Received 18 Nov 2003SHEPHERD GREEN TOFT, BURNESIDE
Received 12 Jun 1998Laburnum Cottage, Barn Garth, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PP
Received 8 Sept 2017The Sunlight Service Group Ltd, Shap Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6DQ
Received 30 Jan 20157 Wordsworth Terrace Drovers Lane PENRITH CA11 7QT
Received 22 Jan 2026LOW PLAINS FARM, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9RQ
Received 19 Apr 2018Morrisons, Queen Katherines Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 6DU
Received 26 Jun 2018Records 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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