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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,703 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10A ROODS DRIVE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH, CA10 1EH
Received 3 Apr 2013CRACKENTHORPE HALL, CRACKENTHORPE, CA16 6AE
Received 22 Jun 2020ROWFOOT, SOWERBY ROW, CARLISLE
Received 20 May 1999Patton Hall Farm, Patton, KENDAL, LA8 9DT
Received 5 Aug 2020BOOT AND SHOE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TP
Received 13 Apr 2006GHYLL MOUNT, GILLIAN WAY PENRITH 40 BUSINESS PARK, PENRITH
Received 16 Dec 1998THE CRAGG, HIGH CASTERTON
Received 1 Jul 1997HELM LEA, KIRKBY THORE
Received 5 Jan 2002SANDERSONS CROFT, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 18 Mar 2002ALPHA, FIRBANK, SEDBERGH
Received 13 Jan 2000LAND AT HOME FARM, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 15 Dec 2003RYDAL MOUNT, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9LB
Received 23 Mar 2021ASHMEADOW, BARBON
Received 20 Nov 2000LAND TO THE NORTH OF DUKES MEADOW, LAMONBY, PENRITH
Received 22 May 2019Land at Raiselands Farm Scotland Road Penrith CA11 9JW
Received 21 Mar 2024Marl Business Park, Morecambe Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BN
Received 12 Jul 2022Crossfield House, Redhills Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0AT
Received 22 Mar 2019WESTWINDS, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HU
Received 29 Sept 2011LAND AT HARTLEY QUARRY, HARTLEY, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 21 Jul 19972 TARNSIDE, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QH
Received 27 Jul 20201 Greengate Gardens, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 8QL
Received 6 Mar 2019OAK LODGE, JOHNBY, PENRITH
Received 19 Apr 2002Saltcotes Hall, Station Road, Arnside, CARNFORTH, LA5 0HG
Received 4 Dec 201811 STONYDALE, ULVERSTON
Received 23 Jan 2001Records 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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