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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,468 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
IVY COTTAGE, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PD
Received 14 Apr 2014FLAVOUR OF INDIA, 20 BLACKHALL ROAD, KENDAL
Received 21 Dec 2000YEW TREES, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 23 Nov 2020ROE HILL, HIGHBRIDGE, DALSTON, CARLISLE, CA5 7DR
Received 27 Apr 2012WAINWRIGHTS YARD, STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4ND
Received 18 Nov 2004LAND ADJACENT TO 61 STEEL STREET, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 9DY
Received 18 May 2006THE ROOKERY, BROGDEN STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AH
Received 18 Jun 2013THORNBARROW, CATTERLEN, PENRITH, CA11 0BL
Received 6 Oct 200611A Thorny Hills KENDAL LA9 7AL
Received 11 May 2026Hawkrigg Farm, Killington, SEDBERGH, Cumbria, LA10 5EQ
Received 2 Apr 2015Railway Bridge over M6 Motorway Clifton PENRITH CA10 2EA
Received 18 Dec 20249 BECKSIDE, PENRITH, CA11 8RW
Received 27 Jul 200414 HILL CLOSE, SEDGWICK, KENDAL, LA8 0JR
Received 11 Oct 2012Romney Bank, Park Street, KENDAL, LA9 5QP
Received 15 Jun 2016Woodgate, Lowick Green, ULVERSTON, LA12 8ES
Received 16 Dec 2015GRANGE HOUSE, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 19 Jul 2012LAND ADJACENT TO WILDRIGGS, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 2 Sept 2013YANWATH C P SCHOOL, YANWATH, PENRITH, CA10 2LA
Received 22 Apr 2015RYEHILL, SEBERGHAM, CARLISLE
Received 15 Feb 2002FORMER FAWCETTS GARAGE, BEETHAM ROAD, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QL
Received 13 Jan 2012MILBURN SCHOOL, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TN
Received 18 Jul 2023LAKELAND LEISURE PARK, MOOR LANE, FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 4 Jul 2012Spring Bank, Silverdale Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AG
Received 21 Jul 202211 GREENSIDE, KENDAL, LA9 5DU
Received 4 May 2005Records 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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