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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,718 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brant Scar 6 Groffa Crag Gawthwaite Ulverston LA12 7TA
Received 26 Jul 202427, BARROWMOOR ROAD, APPLEBY
Received 11 May 1998THE LOBSTER POT, 167-169 HIGHGATE,, KENDAL
Received 28 Nov 2002FLAT 2, EPWORTH HOUSE DROVERS LANE, PENRITH, CA11 7QW
Received 3 Aug 2021PARK GATE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EE
Received 1 Aug 2017CARTMEL FARMHOUSE, TEMPLANDS LANE, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7QX
Received 19 Sept 2011FORMER GRAMMAR SCHOOL, URSWICK
Received 16 Oct 1998Back Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LD
Received 22 Feb 2022KEMPLEE, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3BP
Received 21 Apr 2004MELBOURNE HOUSE, MURTON, APPLEBY
Received 8 Jul 20035 Fairbank, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BD
Received 19 Jan 2021KINGS HEAD HOTEL, GARSHILL, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4NH
Received 3 Feb 2014BEDLANDS GATE FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 3 Aug 200026 Charney Court, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6DL
Received 8 Aug 2016White Lodge, Hillcrest Drive, Slackhead, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BB
Received 1 Feb 202320 Stricklandgate PENRITH CA11 7QA
Received 15 Jan 2024LOW ROW BARN, LUPTON, LA6 2PZ
Received 31 Jul 200662 Lowther Street PENRITH CA11 7UF
Received 10 Jun 2024PARK HOME PLOT 4, SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 5 Apr 2005QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL, KIRKBY, LONSDALE
Received 16 May 200025 KIRKBIE GREEN, KENDAL, LA9 7AJ
Received 22 Aug 2013Crossfield Farm Bowscar Penrith CA11 9NQ
Received 5 Jun 2025PLOT 3 CROSS FARM, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 9 Aug 199656 Gillinggate KENDAL LA9 4JB
Received 17 Sept 2024Records 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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