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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,456 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 1999 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ASHPOT, FELL END, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 8 Oct 2001LAND ADJOINING H WICKS (LINDAL) LTD, LINDAL-IN-FURNESS
Received 9 Aug 2001Millriggs Salkeld Road Langwathby PENRITH CA10 1ND
Received 28 Mar 2025Mascalles Bungalow, Mascalles, ULVERSTON, LA12 0TQ
Received 12 Mar 2021OLD HALL, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AJ
Received 7 Apr 200530 Kirkstone Close, KENDAL, LA9 7HU
Received 21 Aug 2020Homebase, Beezon Road, KENDAL, LA9 6EL
Received 4 Jul 2022Old Vicarage Care Home Vicarage Lane Allithwaite GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7QN
Received 10 Jul 2024APPLEBY CRICKET CLUB, THE CRICKET PAVILION, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 1 Mar 2017High Park Cottage, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7RE
Received 3 Oct 201720 (BARN TO REAR OF), GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH
Received 28 Mar 2001Penrith Golf Club Maidenhill Salkeld Road Penrith CA11 8SG
Received 8 Jul 2025Unit 2a J36 Rural Auction Centre Crooklands MILNTHORPE LA7 7FP
Received 29 May 2024HUNTER HALL SCHOOL, FRENCHFIELD, PENRITH, CA11 8UA
Received 12 Oct 200414 Collin Croft, KENDAL, LA9 4TH
Received 24 Jul 201754 Priory Crescent, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BL
Received 19 Feb 2018WILLOW FELL, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LP
Received 30 May 2017BROUGH WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 5 Feb 20037 HALIBURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7HJ
Received 4 Mar 2004Saltcotes Hall, Station Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HG
Received 13 Aug 2019LAND OFF CROGLAM PARK, ROWGATE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4SF
Received 9 Mar 2016PENRITH RUGBY UNION CLUB, WINTERS PARK, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8RQ
Received 12 Jun 2014Green Haven, Windermere Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6EG
Received 11 Oct 2021Mid Town Dufton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6DB
Received 18 Jun 2024Records 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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