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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,439 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jan 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 CROFT AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 7RL
Received 17 Nov 201752-56 Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4TF
Received 30 Mar 2022HOW HILL FARM, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XY
Received 16 Feb 2018Cark Manor, Cark In Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7PG
Received 9 Dec 2021Plot 6, Cartmel Lodge Park, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PN
Received 20 Jan 2022GILLINGROVE WORKS, ANCHORITE FIELDS, KENDAL, LA9 5NG
Received 26 Oct 2012Kilmidyke Cottage, Kilmidyke Drive, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AJ
Received 27 Jun 2023Age Concern UK, Lindale Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EE
Received 10 May 2022200 Burneside Road, Kendal, LA9 6EB
Received 5 Jun 2014Land opposite Cark House, Sunny Bank, Cark in Cartmel, GRANGE over SANDS, Cumbria, LA11 7PF
Received 22 Mar 2017Westmorland Motorway Services Tebay West Tebay Penrith CA10 3SB
Received 30 Aug 2024LAND AT LIME STREET, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 12 Aug 200426 Queen Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 24 Jan 2022HOWBARROW FARM, CARTMEL, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7SS
Received 23 Dec 2011HOMELANDS, THIEFSIDE, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 13 Nov 2002PLOT 3 KERALA HOUSE, BRAMPTON ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3AA
Received 3 Dec 2012BELLMOUNT FARM, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 17 Jul 2018The Barn, Millbridge Lane, Stainton, KENDAL, LA8 0DU
Received 22 Jun 2020Former Porsche Centre, Longpool, KENDAL, LA9 6BX
Received 16 May 2023ZION CHURCH, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AA
Received 7 Oct 2014STOCKWELL HALL, SEBERGHAM, CARLISLE, CA5 7DY
Received 1 Apr 2004CUMBRIA TYRES, CROSS LANE, ULVERSTON
Received 10 Jan 2003Armathwaite Manor Armathwaite CARLISLE CA4 9PY
Received 28 Feb 2025Chapels, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7XY
Received 3 Jul 2023Records 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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