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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,661 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Galleywreay Farm Hutton End PENRITH CA11 9TT
Received 19 Mar 2025BALMACWYN, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 6 Mar 1997WHITE HOUSE, HOFF, APPLEBY, CA16 6TA
Received 22 Jan 2013GRANGE HOTEL, STATION SQUARE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EJ
Received 24 Feb 20065 Rinkfield, KENDAL, LA9 7LP
Received 1 Oct 2015MERRYVALE YARD, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY
Received 12 Oct 1999THE COTTAGE, BISHOP YARDS, PENRITH, CA11 7XU
Received 3 Oct 2016LAND ON DOVE NEST LANE, ENDMOOR
Received 30 Jan 1998Land North and West of Thornthwaite House Ainstable Carlisle CA4 9RJ
Received 13 May 2025LAND ADJ TO, 2 BARNES GREEN, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 2 Oct 2002PART OF LAND OF FORMER WETHERIGGS SCHOOL, HUNTLEY AVENUE, PENRITH
Received 10 Mar 1997MANOR HOUSE BARN, NEWBIGGIN, HUTTON, ROOF
Received 8 Jun 1999SYCAMORE HOUSE, DUFTON, APPLEBY
Received 23 Nov 20002 Burneside Road, Kendal, LA9 4RL
Received 2 Sept 2014BROOM CLOSE, GATEBECK LANE, ENDMOOR
Received 10 Aug 1999PART OS FIELD NO 0012, LUPTON HIGH FARM,, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 19 Sept 2001BRIDGE END FARM, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1UZ
Received 10 Jul 2018HAZEL BANK (FORMER CARE HOME), YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LF
Received 16 Oct 2017Hewitt Close, Horse Close Lane, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SQ
Received 14 Apr 2021AIRFIELD BUILDINGS, MOOR LANE, FLOOKBURGH
Received 5 Jul 199939 WETHERIGGS RISE, PENRITH, CA11 7EY
Received 16 Dec 2016Empsom Hill, Kendal Green, KENDAL, LA9 5PT
Received 17 Jul 2020LAND AT LEITH CLOSE, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AJ
Received 1 Aug 20171 & 2 STANLEY MOUNT, THE GILL, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BW
Received 23 Jan 2013Records 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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