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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,801 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8, ST JOHN'S CRESCENT, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 23 Apr 1997ROCKGATE, LEVENS
Received 9 May 2003CRAGDALE HOUSE, KENTS BANK ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EY
Received 20 Feb 20063 Graythwaite Court, Fernhill Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BN
Received 2 Feb 2021Glaxosmithkline, North Lonsdale Road, Ulverston, LA12 9DR
Received 16 Oct 2014LAND OFF THE C3019, ELLONBY, PENRITH
Received 5 Jul 2021LAND NORTH OF PENNINE CLOSE, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH, CA10 2HS
Received 30 Mar 2022Land adjacent to Gurnal Bridge Lane, Skelsmergh, KENDAL
Received 8 Feb 2019BEECH HILL, METHVEN ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA117DU
Received 10 Jul 2003CLIBURN MILL, CLIBURN, PENRITH, CA10 3AW
Received 30 Nov 2020Oak Bank, Broughton Beck, Ulverston, LA12 7PJ
Received 27 Jun 2016ASHMEADOW, BARBON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2LW
Received 17 Jan 2005HOLMEWOOD, BEECH HILL TERRACE, KENDAL
Received 12 Jul 1999AINSTABLE HALL, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE, CA4 9PZ
Received 6 Jun 200547 ROMAN ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8DX
Received 14 Sept 2021TOWN HEAD FARM, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3BP
Received 5 Oct 2012South View Newby Penrith CA10 3EX
Received 13 Mar 2024Castle Mount, Burton Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 7PR
Received 20 Feb 2023WINTON HALL, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 26 Jul 1990ST. MARYS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, SPRINGFIELD ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 0EA
Received 13 Jun 201222 Anchorite Fields, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5NG
Received 16 Oct 201545, BURROWGATE, PENRITH
Received 19 May 2003BOWNESS FARM, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 23 Dec 2002BANK HOUSE, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1LW
Received 1 May 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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