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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,721 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BROADHEAD, GRAYRIGG, LA8 9EU
Received 27 Apr 2005Yew Trees, Beetham, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AL
Received 24 Oct 202312-14 LOWER BROOK STREET & PART 29 MARKET STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7LR
Received 18 Aug 2003Near to Rope Walk House Sandside Road ULVERSTON LA12 9ED
Received 9 Oct 2026CROSSFIT CUMBRIA, , UNIT 26 SKIRSGILL BUSINESS PARK, REDHILLS, PENRITH, CA11 0FD
Received 16 Jan 2013HILL VIEW HOUSE, THE DALE, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9RH
Received 11 May 201730 SPITAL PARK, KENDAL
Received 22 May 2000LAND AT COUNTESS FARM, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH
Received 17 May 2006STOKOE HOUSE, 1-2 MARKET PLACE, ALSTON, CA9 3HS
Received 16 Aug 20162 Abbotsford House, 4 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AP
Received 7 Jul 2022Somerton, Sunbrick Lane, Baycliff, Ulverston, LA12 9RQ
Received 29 Jun 20151 Sunnyside, KENDAL, LA9 7DJ
Received 2 Sept 2016PRIMROSE BANK, HALE
Received 8 Sept 1999CABER GARTH, LOW HESKET, CARLISLE, CA4 0HB
Received 5 Apr 2005Whitestone Farm Newby PENRITH CA10 3HB
Received 14 Aug 2025CROSSFELL VIEW BARN, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH
Received 18 Aug 1997SITE AT ELSEGHYLL, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 19 Mar 2003MEADOW BANK, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 6NY
Received 22 Dec 2004COURT THORN, HIGH HESKET, CARLISLE
Received 2 Jun 2004WOODLANDS, BRIDGE LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8GW
Received 15 Mar 2013LAND AT STATION ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6TX
Received 4 Sept 2006LAND NORTH OF EDEN BUSINESS PARK, COWPER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9FW
Received 24 Mar 2021Whitbarrow Farm Berrier Penrith CA11 0XB
Received 25 Sept 2025SEA VIEW COTTAGE, SILVERDALE ROAD, ARNSIDE
Received 27 Feb 2002Records 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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