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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,462 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 1999 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 SKIRSGILL LANE, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BQ
Received 31 Oct 2005RECTORY FARM, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UJ
Received 6 Jul 2015SPRINGFIELD LODGE, LOW BIGGINS,, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 16 Oct 2000MAPLE BANK, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AR
Received 18 Nov 2017UNIT 1, CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY, CA16 6HX
Received 10 Feb 2015WIND FARM AT WHINASH, NR. TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 1 Oct 2003LAND WEST OF ST BARNABAS CHURCH, GREAT STRICKLAND, CA10 3DF
Received 20 Dec 2019LAND WEST OF GILLIANS WELL, CALTHWAITE
Received 13 Nov 2020LAND ADJACENT TO VICTORIA MOUNT, CHURCH HILL, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6BD
Received 4 Apr 2012RAINES HALL, SEDGWICK, KENDAL, LA8 0JH
Received 29 Oct 2004Maude Street, KENDAL, LA9 4QD
Received 15 Jun 2017Harbarrow Farm, Gleaston, BARROW in FURNESS, LA13 0NR
Received 17 May 2017South Lakeland House Car Park Lowther Street Kendal LA9 4DQ
Received 22 Jan 202619 CEDAR GROVE, KENDAL
Received 13 Mar 2001Brettargh Holt, Levens, Kendal, LA8 8EA
Received 6 Jun 2014DALE MILL HOUSE, DALE MILL, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9RG
Received 14 Feb 201730 KIRKBIE GREEN, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 18 Nov 201135 LARCH GROVE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6AU
Received 29 Aug 2012Charcoal Barn, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QG
Received 11 Sept 2019KEEPERS COTTAGE, IVEGILL, CARLISLE, CA4 0PJ
Received 11 Oct 2011DP COLD PLANNING LTD, PLOT 7B NORTH LAKES BUSINESS PARK, FLUSCO, PENRITH, CA11 0JG
Received 21 Aug 20172 CHURCH VIEW, NATLAND
Received 23 Sept 2002HOLLIES FARM, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 25 Oct 2023WOODHOUSE FARM, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PQ
Received 5 Jun 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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