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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,465 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Yew Tree Cottage, Sandside, Kirkby-In-Furness, LA17 7UD
Received 9 Oct 2014ASH LEA, MUSGRAVE ROAD, SOULBY
Received 21 May 2002Alma House Graham Street Penrith CA11 9LB
Received 2 Oct 2025Greystead, Main Street, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QT
Received 16 Feb 2022Sun Hill Great Strickland PENRITH CA10 3DF
Received 6 Aug 2025Abbey Park Bleatarn Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6PX
Received 18 Nov 2025BRIDGE END HOUSE, APPLEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AP
Received 10 Feb 2016FLASS, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH
Received 30 May 200010 APPLERIGG, KENDAL
Received 6 Mar 20026 OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL
Received 27 Dec 20002 BLUEBELL CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 7SH
Received 7 Nov 20035 Broughton Park, BROUGHTON IN FURNESS, LA20 6HB
Received 3 May 2016W I INSTITUTE, KEARSTWICK, KIRKBY, LONSDALE
Received 5 Jun 2001FIELD HOUSE, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON, CA7 8HT
Received 19 Dec 2003CRACOW, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 16 May 2005LAND ADJACENT TO M6, LOWTHER ESTATES, THRIMBY, CA10 2JA
Received 1 Feb 200617 - 19 Lowther Street, KENDAL, LA9 4DH
Received 23 Apr 2019Appletree School, Natland, Kendal, LA9 7QS
Received 28 Sept 2015Staff Accommodation Troutbeck PENRITH CA11 0SG
Received 21 Apr 2026BARN ATTACHED T0 GLEASTON HALL, GLEASTON, LA12 0QG
Received 12 Jul 2005Deerslet Burton CARNFORTH LA6 1JG
Received 11 Apr 2025METCALFES PLANT HIRE LTD, , 46 GILWILLY ROAD, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9BL
Received 24 Jul 2015Land at How Hill Hutton Roof PENRITH CA11 0XY
Received 8 Dec 2025LAND TO REAR OF FORMER CASTLE PUBLIC HOUSE, MILL STREET, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 5 Oct 2012Records 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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