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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,650 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ingledene Hunsonby Penrith CA10 1PH
Received 27 Jan 20252 BALMORAL CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 9BJ
Received 13 Apr 2016LAND OPPOSITE LLOYD LTD, COWPER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9FW
Received 20 Apr 2022Aynam Cote, 2 Bridge Street, KENDAL, LA9 7DD
Received 1 Oct 2021COB COTTAGE, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SD
Received 18 Dec 2017Armathwaite Manor Armathwaite CARLISLE CA4 9PY
Received 28 Feb 2025Grange C Of E School,Fell Drive, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 7JF
Received 27 May 2014THE PRIORY, 1 PRIORY LANE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BH
Received 14 Feb 2013THE ROYAL HOTEL, MAIN STREET, KIRKBY, LONSDALE
Received 10 Jan 2002Mercedes Benz of South Lakes, Prince's Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7NQ
Received 17 Dec 201521 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4LY
Received 18 May 2012Thorless House Hilton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6LU
Received 2 Sept 2026GARDEN HOUSE, THE BUTTS, ALSTON
Received 7 Feb 1998Tarnside, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PP
Received 14 Dec 2018PLOTS 4 AND 6, PARKER CROFT, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 24 Sept 199760 Rusland Crescent, ULVERSTON, LA12 9LX
Received 17 Mar 2022LAND ADJ NEW HOUSE, MURTON, APPLEBY
Received 2 Jan 2000The Swiss Barn, The Square, Burton In Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1LX
Received 7 Jul 2016Part of OS Field no 7239, Swarthmoor Hall Farm, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0JG
Received 31 Jan 201916 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth LA6 2AE
Received 24 Jun 2025THE CROFT, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1DQ
Received 25 Jul 201217 MANOR PARK, PENRITH, CA11 8AL
Received 5 Jun 2019Kendal College Milnthorpe Road KENDAL LA9 5AY
Received 21 Nov 2023JOINER'S WORKSHOP (OLD TEMPERANCE HALL), ORTON, PENRITH
Received 17 Apr 1998Records 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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