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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,748 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to West Ley, Vicarage Lane, Burton, Carnforth, LA6 1NW
Received 18 Mar 2013LAND ADJACENT TO HILLSIDE, RUCKCROFT, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9QR
Received 28 Sept 2021111 Burneside Road, KENDAL, LA9 6DZ
Received 8 Feb 2022THE ROYAL OAK, THE SQUARE, CARTMEL.
Received 5 Mar 199849 Soutergate, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7ES
Received 27 Mar 2015DUFTON VILLAGE HALL, DUFTON, APPLEBY
Received 16 Mar 2005Land East of B6412 & North of Gale House Great Salkeld Penrith CA11 9NA
Received 28 Aug 2025LAND NORTH WEST OF B6412/A686, NR. EDENHALL, PENRITH
Received 28 Nov 20191 FELL CROFT, PENRITH, CA11 8AH
Received 16 May 201910, MARKET SQUARE, PENRITH
Received 25 Jul 1997BRAMPTON TOWER, CROFT ENDS, APPLEBY
Received 16 Feb 1998VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SKIRWITH, PENRITH, CA10 1RQ
Received 29 Feb 2012HAMARA GHAR, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QA
Received 6 May 2004BIGGINS LODGE FARM, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 8 Jun 1999DELTA COTTAGE, BRIGSTEER ROAD, KENDAL.
Received 5 Oct 1998Glaxosmithkline, North Lonsdale Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DR
Received 27 Nov 2014Sealford Farm, Newbiggin, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PN
Received 25 Aug 2020WEST OF KIRKBY STEPHEN EAST STATION TO WEST OF GREENRIGGS, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 30 Mar 1998CENTER PARCS HOLIDAY VILLAGE, WHINFELL FORSET, PENRITH, CA10 2DW
Received 27 May 201526 CASTLE GREEN CLOSE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6AT
Received 22 Jun 2012Unit 16, Shap Road Industrial Estate, KENDAL, LA9 6NZ
Received 21 Nov 2018COPPER BEECH LODGE, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3QX
Received 6 Feb 2017NEW INN, BRAMPTON, APPLEBY
Received 23 Aug 20014 Pennine View Blencarn PENRITH CA10 1TX
Received 28 Feb 2025Records 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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