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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,678 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Colby APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6BB
Received 17 Sept 2024Townhead Farm Keisley Murton Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6NF
Received 14 Jan 2026BARCLAYS BANK PLC, 19, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XF
Received 9 Mar 2004'OLD ROAD' OPPOSITE KENDAL CARAVANS LTD, SHAP ROAD, SELSIDE, KENDAL, LA8 9LF
Received 27 May 2004LAND OFF BELMONT, KENDAL
Received 31 May 2000Land South of Highfield Lodge Bongate Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6UE
Received 22 Apr 20263 DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7SR
Received 11 Nov 2004SMITHY COTTAGE, LOWER HAVERFLATTS, MILNTHORPE
Received 19 Jun 2000Land adjacent to Ulverston Leisure Centre, Priory Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HT
Received 5 Aug 2020BOX TREE BARN, LUPTON
Received 19 Mar 2001BARROCK SIDE, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 21 Mar 2005Farleton House Farm, Farleton, Carnforth, LA6 1PB
Received 6 Aug 2014TOWN END FARM, SKELTON, PENRITH
Received 9 May 2002LAUREL BANK, WHASSETT, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7DN
Received 3 Dec 2003PARROT PARK, HARTLEY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 14 Jan 2001RIGG HALL, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3QE
Received 1 Jun 2018FERNWOOD, EDENHALL, PENRITH, CA11 8SR
Received 18 Nov 2019RAINCOCKS BARN, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9UA
Received 3 Aug 20202 St Johns Court, Fernleigh Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7HN
Received 6 Jul 2018THREE OAKS, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 15 Jun 1998PASSING WINDS, SEDGWICK, KENDAL, LA8 0JU
Received 22 Jul 200358 Fairgarth Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FB
Received 4 Jan 2017OLD JUNCTION 40 TAKEAWAY SITE JUNCTION, GREYSTOKE ROAD PENRITH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH
Received 12 Apr 1999STROMA, GLEASTON, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 OQE
Received 25 Jun 2004Records 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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