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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,664 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CASTLE PARK PAVILION, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7EA
Received 19 Oct 2012FURNITURE SALESROOMS, CASTLEGATE, PENRITH
Received 18 Jun 1997The Pastures, Allithwaite, Cumbria, LA11 7QY
Received 20 Feb 2015HARBUT LAW, ALSTON, CA9 3BD
Received 3 Nov 202045 WATERY LANE, ULVERSTON
Received 8 Jan 20019 MAYFIELD DRIVE, KENDAL
Received 3 Apr 200358 & 58A Market Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7LS
Received 20 May 2015Land to the south of Burtlands Farm, Moss Lane, BURTON in KENDAL, LA6 1HR
Received 2 Apr 2013HOUGHTONS PARKHOUSE COACHWORK, GRISLEYMIRE LANE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7RF
Received 19 Oct 2012PENNINGTON NURSERY, CROSS-A-MOOR, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RT
Received 27 Mar 2006PERKINS FROZEN FOODS LTD, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 3 Apr 1997BERRIER SERVICE RESERVOIR, BERRIER, PENRITH
Received 6 May 2004REDSTONE, 15 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 19 Jan 2017Fisher Tarn Cottage, Sedbergh Road, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA9 6PG
Received 29 Jan 2018BERRYMOOR FARM, HIGH BANK, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EZ
Received 24 Apr 200618 HAZELWOOD, KENDAL
Received 3 Sept 1999Firbank Fell, SEDBERGH
Received 7 Mar 2022Swarthmoor Hall Wood, Springfield Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EH
Received 19 Nov 2021APPLETREE PASTURES, SOUTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DH
Received 4 Sept 2017EDEN BANK FARM, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AY
Received 22 Nov 2017Hazel Bank Rest Home Yanwath Cumbria CA10 2LH
Received 19 Jan 2024ASH GROVE, CLAWTHORPE, BURTON IN KENDAL, LANCASHIRE, LA6 1NU
Received 12 Oct 2006The Pastures Log Cabin Park Templands Lane Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QY
Received 6 Dec 2023Beehive Business Park, Thomas Way, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NJ
Received 7 Aug 2019Records 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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