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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,783 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 AT THE OLD STACKYARD, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DG
Received 26 Jul 201932 MOREWOOD DRIVE, BURTON, LA6 1NE
Received 30 Jun 20062 OAKROYD CLOSE, ARNSIDE
Received 5 Feb 2003THE HOMESTEAD, HOLME LANE, ALLITHWAITE.
Received 2 Mar 1998Cliburn Mill Bridge Cliburn Penrith CA10 3AW
Received 14 Jul 2025Headless Cross Cark Road Cartmel GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7SF
Received 16 Oct 2025HIGHER HOUSE FARM, OXENHOLME LANE, NATLAND, LA9 7QH
Received 3 Apr 200614 Gillinggate, KENDAL, LA9 4JE
Received 28 Jun 2022CASTLE GARAGE, NEW ROAD, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AX
Received 28 Jan 2016ASH TREE COTTAGE, SILVER STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4RB
Received 21 May 2012PEPPERHAG, BURNESIDE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 6PN
Received 10 Sept 200437 CASTLE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 1 Jun 19981 RAILWAY COTTAGES, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1SY
Received 12 Nov 2012OS FIELD NO 3934, WOODGATE CROSSROADS, LOWICK
Received 1 May 20033 MAIDEN WAY CLOSE, MELMERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1DW
Received 23 Sept 2021OLD DALTONGATE HOUSE, DALTONGATE, ULVERSTON
Received 4 Sept 19911 GREENGATE GARDENS, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8QB
Received 7 Aug 2012Manor House Mellbecks Kirkby Stephen CA17 4AB
Received 30 Jul 2024MELLBECKS HOUSE, 6 MELLBECKS, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AB
Received 26 Jun 2018GARAGE PLOT TO REAR OF RYNREW BARN KILN TOFTS, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 26 Nov 2002PALMER HOUSE, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XD
Received 30 Nov 2022CLIBURN HALL, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AL
Received 2 Apr 2015DERWENT HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9LW
Received 14 Mar 201734 Park Road MILNTHORPE LA7 7AD
Received 3 Jun 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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