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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE GENERAL WOLFE, LITTLE DOCKRAY
Received 21 Mar 2002PLOT 2, APPLE GARTH FAIRYBEAD LANE, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 16 May 20015 Kents Bank House Kentsford Road Grange-over-sands Cumbria LA11 7BE
Received 24 Jul 2024BROCKHOLES, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XT
Received 20 Jul 2004GREENCROFT, 100 KENTSFORD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 21 Jun 201392 RYLEYFIELD ROAD, MILNTHORPE
Received 7 Sept 200069 Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4ED
Received 1 Jul 2015LAND AT PLOVERIGGS, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EP
Received 15 Sept 200410 Swarthdale Avenue, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HY
Received 12 Apr 2021LAND TO SOUTH EAST OF BIRKRIGG PARK, HIGH CARLEY, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA
Received 9 Oct 2012BEECHCROFT, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UE
Received 7 Oct 201125 CASTLE DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 7BJ
Received 13 Jan 2004Land at Carleton Hall Farm Carleton Avenue PENRITH CA11 8RQ
Received 27 Mar 2024LAND BETWEEN FERN BANK AND EAST VIEW, REAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3ER
Received 6 Nov 2020NORTH LAKES BUSINESS PARK, FLUSCO, PENRITH, CA11 0JB
Received 10 Apr 2006GOODWOOD, CARLETON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8LT
Received 22 Oct 2014OPPOSITE 20 WESTGARTH AVENUE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 1 Aug 2002HENLEY MOUNT, TOWNHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SL
Received 2 May 20194 MARSHSIDE, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS, LA17 7UT
Received 9 Jan 2004Plumpton Cottage Farm, Newland, ULVERSTON, LA12 7SH
Received 15 Feb 202210, LABURNAM WAY, PENRITH
Received 21 Jun 2002WORKSHOP, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 9 May 2018Miners Arms, Fox Street, Swarthmoor, Ulverston, LA12 0HY
Received 12 Feb 201529 WILDMAN STREET, KENDAL, LA9 6EN
Received 1 Mar 2006Records 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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