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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,445 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 31 May 200216 CHERRY GARDENS, PENRITH, CA11 8UE
Received 15 Dec 2004MARRS LANE, OFF PENNINGTON LANE, ROSSIDE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SE
Received 17 Sept 20035 Greengate Crescent, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8QB
Received 6 Apr 2017APPLEBY CASTLE, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XH
Received 8 Oct 2015HIGH HALLBECK, KILLINGTON
Received 27 Sept 2002ECCLE RIGGS HALL, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Received 17 Jul 2001LIGHT OAKS, KILLINGTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2EY
Received 30 Jun 2004NETHERLEIGH, MOUNT PLEASANT, ARNSIDE, LA5 0EW
Received 29 Dec 2005THE WARREN, NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EU
Received 14 May 200443 LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UQ
Received 13 May 2015BARROWGARTH, BATTLEBARROW, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XT
Received 30 Jul 2003TURNERS FARM, HUTTON ROOF
Received 29 Jan 20018 Swine Market, Mill Brow, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FT
Received 30 Nov 2021HALE HOUSE, MAIDEN WAY, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XS
Received 3 Jan 20174 ALBERT COURT, BROOK STREET, PENRITH
Received 31 Aug 2001ULLSWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WETHERIGGS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8NG
Received 30 Oct 2003Former Duddon Valley Medical Practice Askew Gate Brow Kirkby-In-Furness LA17 7TE
Received 27 Aug 2026TOWN HEAD FARM, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 30 Aug 2019Holme Farm Meathop Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS Cumbria LA11 6QX
Received 28 Mar 2024Park Rd / Nuns Avenue, Carr Bank, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JY
Received 29 Jul 2021274 Valley Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7SL
Received 12 Jan 202110 FAR CLOSE DRIVE, ARNSIDE
Received 28 Apr 2000Applegarth, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, LA7 7NW
Received 28 Jun 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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