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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,471 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2AY
Received 11 Apr 2013River bank of the river Eea off Ford Road, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PN
Received 8 Feb 2018JOHNBY HALL, JOHNBY, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 0UU
Received 24 May 2013CAIRNS BARN, HAYFELLSIDE, HAYCLOSE LANE, NEW HUTTON, KENDAL, LA8 0AG
Received 27 Oct 2004LAND AT SPRINGFIELD, THE DALE, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA10 1EX
Received 31 May 201310 THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH, CA11 8TF
Received 2 Aug 2004Richmond Plains Sebergham Carlisle CA5 7EA
Received 14 Sept 2026Greenodd Village Bakery, Main Street, Greenodd, ULVERSTON, LA12 7QZ
Received 12 May 202224-25 Devonshire Street Penrith CA11 7ST
Received 22 Apr 2025UNIT 3 SHORELINE BUSINESS PARK, SANDSIDE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HN
Received 16 May 2005KNOCK CROSS FARM, KNOCK CROSS, KNOCK, APPLEBY, CA16 6DT
Received 13 Jul 2020MADGE GILL, WINDERMERE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5RY
Received 1 Mar 2006KITRIDDING, LUPTON
Received 18 Apr 20018, MONNINGTON WAY, PENRITH
Received 18 Apr 200027 Kirkbie Green, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 4 Nov 20161 Langdale Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 6JU
Received 20 Mar 20182 BREWERY MOUNT, ULVERSTON
Received 19 Jan 200136 Rowan Avenue, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9JA
Received 23 Feb 2023CROSLANDS, BEACON STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TZ
Received 7 Aug 2006MOORSIDE, CROSBY GARRETT, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4PR
Received 9 Dec 2015KIRKBY THORE RECREATION FIELD, PIPER LANE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 2 Nov 2004The Old Mill Coast Road Bardsea ULVERSTON LA12 9RB
Received 29 Apr 20265 EDEN CLOSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LY
Received 3 Jun 2019Marks And Spencer Plc, Library Road, KENDAL, LA9 4QB
Received 11 May 2021Records 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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