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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,722 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 CASTLE VIEW ROAD, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HH
Received 20 Jul 20125 PHOENIX PARK, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9SD
Received 2 Aug 2018Hill Top Farm Ivegill CARLISLE CA4 0NR
Received 7 Jan 2026GREEN HEAD FARM, GRAYRIGG, KENDAL, LA8 9BP
Received 12 Jul 2012FORFARMERS, PENRITH MILL, HAWESWATER ROAD, PENRITH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CA11 9EH
Received 2 Sept 2019HAWTHORN, ALEXANDRA ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9AL
Received 11 Jul 2023QUAKER MEETING HOUSE, HAGGS LANE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PH
Received 17 Jul 2012BERNERS CLOSE HOTEL, KENTS BANK ROAD,, GRANGE OVER SANDS
Received 16 Jan 1998FELL FOOT, HAGGS LANE, CARTMEL
Received 18 Apr 2001Box Tree Farmhouse, Lupton Tower, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PR
Received 22 Dec 2017Outside of 77 Owlet Ash Fields Ackenthwaite MILNTHORPE LA7 7DP
Received 25 Apr 2024Reagill Grange Reagill Penrith CA10 3ER
Received 26 Mar 2025LAND AT NEWTON ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0DW
Received 5 Oct 2015SPAR SHOP WESTMORLAND HOUSE 8, BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY
Received 17 Nov 2000Land between Icold Road and Church Road Greystoke Penrith
Received 22 Dec 202510 BLUEBELL CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 2 Nov 20001 Sowerby Lodge Brough Sowerby KIRKBY STEPHEN CA17 4EG
Received 24 Jul 20255 YARD 12, WILDMAN STREET, KENDAL
Received 21 May 2001SHAPFELL LIMESTONE QUARRY, HARDENDALE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3LH
Received 3 Dec 201813 QUEEN STREET, ULVERSTON
Received 16 May 2001Old Bakehouse Main Street Greenodd ULVERSTON LA12 7QZ
Received 7 May 2025THE BUILIDNGS, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA174EF
Received 4 Aug 20031 BROOKSIDE, BARBON, LA6 2LW
Received 25 Oct 2012ARQIVA TRANSMITTER STATION, SPITTALS FARM, LOW MOOR, PENRITH, CA10 1XQ
Received 9 Mar 2006Records 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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