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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,798 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stangerthwaite Barn, Killington, SEDBERGH, Cumbria, LA10 5EP
Received 8 Jan 2015EDEN BRAE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 23 Dec 2002THE POLICE STATION, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 26 Jun 1991Millriggs New Hutton KENDAL LA8 0AX
Received 31 Mar 2025WESTHOLME, FERNLEIGH, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 11 Oct 2002Land at Brigsteer Road, KENDAL
Received 3 Mar 2022LAND TO THE REAR OF THE VILLAGE BAKERY, MELMERBY, PENRITH
Received 23 Jun 1998Barn to the east of Prizet, Helsington, KENDAL, LA8 8AB
Received 16 Dec 2022PENNINGTON MEMORIAL HALL, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RR
Received 30 Mar 2004Baby World, 1 Vine Road, KENDAL, LA9 6HQ
Received 11 Jul 2017FOUNTAIN HOUSE, BECK HEAD, KIRKBY, LONSDALE
Received 27 Apr 1998BARN ADJACENT TO THE FALKLANDS, SMARDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 4 Sept 2002STEPHENSON CROFT, BOLTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BE
Received 22 Aug 2017BECK HOUSE BROILER UNIT, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 25 Jun 2003THE BARN, HAZEL GHYLL, CROGLIN, CARLISLE
Received 12 Mar 1996CROOKLANDS HOTEL, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NW
Received 11 Apr 2006HILLS GARAGE, SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH
Received 24 Apr 1999LAND AT KIRKBY THORE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XA
Received 22 Nov 20172 FRONT STREET, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PB
Received 12 Aug 2003OSMOND GREEN, ORMSIDE, APPLEBY
Received 18 Jun 1997MOOR FARM, LOW ROOSEBECK
Received 10 Aug 1998LITTLE BLENCOW FARM, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 0DG
Received 5 Dec 2011HARD ING, SLEAGILL, PENRITH, CA10 3HD
Received 21 Jul 20152 Hollins Lane, CARNFORTH, LA5 0EG
Received 21 Jan 2020Records 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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