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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,576 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Feb 1998 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 THE ARCHES, VICTORIA ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8HR
Received 25 Feb 20161 CEDAR CLOSE, PENRITH, CA11 8TJ
Received 4 Sept 2018Cartmel C Of E Primary School, Aynsome Road, Cartmel, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 6PR
Received 3 Jun 2014THE LODGE, MAIDENHILL, PENRITH, CA11 8SQ
Received 28 Sept 2021Dockray Hall Industrial Estate, Dockray Hall Road, KENDAL, LA9 4RU
Received 25 Jul 2016RAYWOOD, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8AP
Received 1 Aug 2005Thwaite Cottage Tirril Penrith CA10 2JF
Received 6 Feb 2024BROWNLEY HILL, NENTHEAD, ALSTON
Received 4 May 199911 QUEEN STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7AF
Received 27 Jul 2005Storth Ltd Burtlands Park Moss Lane Holme LA6 1HR
Received 14 Mar 2024St Marys Hospice Ford Park ULVERSTON LA12 7JP
Received 24 Jan 2025Archives Store Building (Strong Room 3), Busher Walk, KENDAL, LA9 4RQ
Received 19 Oct 2018MEADOW END, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 22 Sept 20015 Priory Lane GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7BH
Received 7 Apr 2025Barn B, Aikrigg Farm, Killington, Carnforth, LA6 2HD
Received 20 Aug 201433 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6AH
Received 9 Nov 2023KELLGARTH, OXENTHWAITE, BARRAS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4ES
Received 17 Sept 20195 Pengarth, Ashmount Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6BF
Received 2 Sept 2015LAND ADJ TO INGLENOOK, STAINTON, PENRITH, CA11 0ES
Received 7 Oct 2014OXENHOLME HOUSE, OXENHOLME, KENDAL
Received 25 Nov 1999Hill House Kirkoswald PENRITH CA10 1EE
Received 4 Oct 20241 ORCHARD ROAD, BARDSEA
Received 29 Apr 2003LAND ADJACENT TO SWALEDALE HOUSE, LITTLE MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 14 May 200422 Ruskin Drive, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2DB
Received 25 Jan 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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