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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,743 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
STONERAISE QUARRY, HALFWAY WELL, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 19 Jun 19974 BANKFIELD, KENDAL, LA9 5DR
Received 28 May 2003PARKSIDE HOUSE, PARK VIEW, CARTMEL, LA11 6QF
Received 19 Jun 2006Methodist Chapel South Dyke Great Salkeld PENRITH CA11 9LL
Received 1 Apr 2026LAND ADJACENT TO 6 PARK GARTH, URSWICK
Received 4 Aug 2005CRACKENTHORPE HALL, CRACKENTHORPE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6AE
Received 22 Oct 20141 Mitchelgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2BE
Received 8 Apr 202146 MILNTHORPE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5AU
Received 3 Jul 2006OLD BANK HOUSE, THE SQUARE, CARTMEL
Received 14 Oct 199648 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AY
Received 8 Dec 20049 BURROWGATE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7TE
Received 15 May 2013HONEYCROFT, 7 CROW WOOD, BRIGSTEER
Received 21 Jun 2001FORMER BUILDERS MERCHANTS STORE, FARADAY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 13 Jan 20063 Abbotsford House, 4 Kentsford Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AP
Received 7 Jul 2022DILLICAR COMMON, NR KNOT HALL FARM, HOWGILL
Received 8 Nov 2000ROAD HEAD FARM, WINSKILL, PENRITH, CA10 1PB
Received 10 Jan 2022OS 4212 PEA FOOT, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CUMBRIA
Received 28 Oct 2003Land adjacent to Dalton Gate and Lightburn Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9QD
Received 3 Nov 2017THE PLOUGH INN, COW BROW, LUPTON
Received 24 Jun 1997PEMBROKE HOUSE FARM, BROUGHAM, PENRITH
Received 11 Feb 1998ELMSFIELD PARK, HOLME, LA6 1RJ
Received 28 Dec 2005Land off Hen Parrock Lane, Daisy Hill, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON
Received 9 Sept 2015COAL YARD AND INDUSTRIAL LAND ADJ PENNINE VIEW CARAVAN SITE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 11 Aug 2000BARN SOUTH OF EAMONT BRIDGE, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BZ
Received 13 Aug 2021Records 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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