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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,678 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CUMBRIA, CA16 6XG
Received 25 Sept 202310 MILL STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9AG
Received 20 Jul 2020RANBECK FARM, KIRKLAND, PENRITH, CA10 1RN
Received 25 Oct 2023Cherry Tree Kentrigg KENDAL LA9 6EE
Received 13 Oct 2026LAND ADJACENT TO B6412, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QT
Received 20 Jan 2020STAG COTTAGE, MOTHERBY, PENRUDDOCK, PENRITH
Received 7 Sept 1999FIG TREE FARM, SCALES
Received 23 Sept 1997GRETTON HOUSE, HIGH STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4BX
Received 20 Dec 2021THE DEPOT, OLD LONDON ROAD, PENRITH
Received 3 Dec 2018Land off the U3047 Ainstable Carlisle CA4 9PZ
Received 29 Feb 2024NETTLESLACK COTTAGE, BROUGHTON BECK
Received 14 Apr 2003ELM TREE FARM, PRESTON PATRICK
Received 20 Feb 20021 THE NOOK (WHITE GABLES), BROUGHTON BECK, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PH
Received 11 Jul 2006LAND TO THE SOUTH OF WELLTREE BROW, MORLAND, PENRITH
Received 23 Jul 201535 WORDSWORTH STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7QY
Received 24 Jun 2013Thrushwood, Locker Lane, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QT
Received 14 Jan 2020NORFOLK HOUSE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 2 Mar 2018OS LANDRANGER 96, GRID REF SD 372805
Received 22 Dec 199915 Strawberry Fields, KENDAL, LA9 7TA
Received 18 Aug 2017Glen Villa, Oxenholme, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7RF
Received 7 Dec 2014HOLLY HOUSE, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH
Received 28 Mar 2001Brunswick Square PENRITH CA11 7LL
Received 27 Aug 20247 DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7SR
Received 27 Jul 2005LAND OPP IVY HOUSE, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QA
Received 25 May 2017Records 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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