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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,699 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FIVE OAKS, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HF
Received 22 May 2018Marvic Court Highgate KENDAL LA9 4HE
Received 21 Oct 2024Land at Ginnyring Cottage, Grizebeck, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LA17 7XH
Received 21 Sept 2016Area surrounding Beckside House Farm Cartmel-In-Cark Grange-Over-Sands LA11 7SW
Received 29 May 20268 MOORSIDE, FLOOKBURGH
Received 19 Dec 2002The Howes Calthwaite PENRITH CA11 9QG
Received 21 Dec 202323 Greendales, Allithwaite, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7RU
Received 25 Jan 20212 BLUEBELL CLOSE, KENDAL, LA9 7SH
Received 2 Feb 2004WALNUT HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 15 Sept 1999LAND ADJACENT TO PROSPECT HOUSE, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3BU
Received 31 Oct 2016Lonsdale Villa Fell Lane Penrith CA11 8AA
Received 17 Jan 2024BARN DYKE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1BA
Received 20 Feb 2019ULVERSTON GOLF COURSE, BARDSEA PARK,, ULVERSTON
Received 14 Sept 2001Masonic Rooms, 7 Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2BD
Received 10 Sept 2014High School House, Thorny Hills, KENDAL, LA9 7AF
Received 16 Jul 2018ELLERCOW, OUSBY, PENRITH
Received 4 Oct 2000ARMATHWAITE CASTLE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 13 May 2001LAND ADJACENT TO 1 ORCHARD VIEW, LOW FELLSIDE, KENDAL
Received 23 May 2000THE OLD RECTORY, GREYSTOKE, CUMBRIA, CA11 0UJ
Received 21 Apr 201645 MEADOW CROFT, PENRITH, CA11 8EH
Received 12 Apr 20054 STONE CLOSE, STAINTON WITH ADGARLEY, LA13 0NU
Received 6 Oct 2005HOWGATE HOUSE, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 18 Sept 199772 Jutland Avenue, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LQ
Received 16 Oct 2020STAINMORE COMMON (NORTH MOOR), NORTH STAINMORE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 2 Jul 2012Records 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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