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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,468 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ORCHARD DENE, LUND FARM, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DS
Received 19 Jul 20121 Wordsworth Terrace Drovers Lane PENRITH CA11 7QT
Received 2 Aug 2024FIELD NO 5801, PATTON HALL, WHINFELL, KENDAL
Received 17 May 2004Romleigh, Romney Road, KENDAL, LA9 5QR
Received 9 Mar 2023Wood End Farm Low Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DH
Received 15 Jul 202422 BROOKLANDS GRANGE, PENRITH, CA11 8TQ
Received 18 Jun 2015BLACKHILL LODGE STUD, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 11 Jun 2012Yanwath Hall Milking Parlour Yanwath Hall Yanwath Penrith CA10 2LF
Received 20 Jun 2025LAND AT GREEN LANE, FLOOKBURGH
Received 31 Jan 2002OFF WATERFALLS ROAD TOWARDS GREAT STRICKLAND, GREAT STRICKLAND, PENRITH
Received 15 Jun 201247 Cartmel Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PF
Received 12 Jun 201719 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2AQ
Received 14 Jun 2022MAIDENHILL FARM, MAIDENHILL, SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8SQ
Received 26 Jan 20171A Hillcrest Drive Slackhead MILNTHORPE LA7 7BB
Received 2 Oct 202536/38 MARKET PLACE, KENDAL
Received 28 Jan 200035 Hayfell Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 7JH
Received 21 Oct 201949 Penny Hill Park PENRITH CA11 9JW
Received 2 Jun 2026Keldray Bank Kentsford Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7AP
Received 23 Apr 202568 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TX
Received 6 Nov 2014MIDTOWN FARM, SLEAGILL, PENRITH
Received 12 Apr 200032 HERON HILL, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 7JD
Received 30 Nov 2011APPLEBY SANDS, THE SANDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XN
Received 16 Aug 2005BECK HOUSE, WATSON TERRACE, PENRITH, CA11 7ND
Received 3 Sept 2014WINDERWATH, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 2AG
Received 19 Feb 2018Records 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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