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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HUTTON GRANGE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TS
Received 5 Sept 20065, WEST LANE, SHAP
Received 23 May 2002LAND AT LOW GREAVES BRIDGE, PENNINGTON
Received 16 Oct 2001CONELLY, TOWNHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SQ
Received 16 Jan 2012PLOT OF LAND BEHIND NEW BUILDINGS, FOSTER STREET, PENRITH
Received 12 Dec 1989Rear of 37 - 39 Finkle Street, KENDAL, LA9 4AL
Received 4 May 2022Kirk Hey Kirkhead Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7DB
Received 16 Sept 202525 Jenkin Rise KENDAL LA9 6JN
Received 26 Sept 20241 EDEN HEIGHTS, CULGAITH, PENRITH, CA10 1QT
Received 15 Nov 2004Ivy Cottage Yanwath Penrith CA10 2LF
Received 30 Apr 202426 Trinkeld Avenue, SWARTHMOOR, LA12 0XB
Received 1 Mar 2018Nilfisk Advance Ltd Unit 18 And 19 Bowerbank Way PENRITH CA11 9BQ
Received 7 Sept 2026Sillfield Farm, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 6 Sept 2023THE LARCH TREE, DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA116QD
Received 29 Apr 2004CRAG COTTAGE, PLANTATION BRIDGE, STAVELEY
Received 31 Dec 1990TOWNEND FARM COTTAGE, HIGH CASTERTON, LA6 2SD
Received 6 Mar 2012CO-OP FOOD STORE, PRIORY ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HR
Received 10 Nov 200664 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4TF
Received 27 Mar 2017NO 3 BROW FOOT, LUPTON
Received 18 Feb 1992LAND AT GIBSON HOUSE, STAINTON, PENRITH
Received 26 Jul 1989Newlyn, Penny Bridge, ULVERSTON, LA12 7RQ
Received 1 Dec 2016Pennington Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RR
Received 19 Sept 2016Former Natwest, 1 Main Street, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DS
Received 20 Jul 2020Moss Head, New Hutton, KENDAL, LA8 0AL
Received 16 Feb 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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