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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Foulstone, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 2PP
Received 21 Feb 2023Fell View, Burton in Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA5 9RW
Received 14 Mar 2019Beetham Caravan Park, Hale, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7BS
Received 6 Aug 2021HIGH DYKE FARM, CATTERLEN, PENRITH
Received 17 Apr 2001KELLETH CROSSING COTTAGE, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 3 Feb 2003Belsfield, Mount Pleasant, ULVERSTON, Greenodd, LA12 7RF
Received 17 Oct 201740 Kirkhead Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DD
Received 30 Aug 2019ELM TREE FARM, PRESTON PATRICK, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7PE
Received 23 Dec 2011SHAP TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH, CA10 3NU
Received 19 Jan 2012YE PRIORY SHOPPE, DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, CARTMEL
Received 19 Jun 1997ADJOINING CHURCHSTILE, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH
Received 1 Mar 1999SITE ADJACENT TO CHESTNUT FARM, NORTH ROAD, HOLME
Received 27 Oct 1989WESTMORLAND MOTORWAY SERVICES TEBAY WEST, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3SB
Received 24 Aug 2015WHITE HOUSE, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 9 Jun 1997Barns at Foulstone Lupton CARNFORTH LA6 2PP
Received 9 Mar 2026HIGH MILL WORKSHOP, SKIRSGILL LANE, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 22 May 2001OUTBUILDING TO REAR OF OLD HALL, BONGATE, APPLEBY
Received 5 Sept 1996WELCOME INN, KEMPLAY FOOT, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BD
Received 4 Sept 20031, POPLAR TERRACE, MORLAND, PENRITH
Received 28 May 2001HOLESFOOT COTTAGE, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3HX
Received 6 Aug 2003RIVERSIDE, 1 KENTRIGG, KENDAL
Received 18 Sept 2002Electricity Sub Station Jollybeard Lane Alston CA9 3UA
Received 23 Oct 2025RECTORY FARM, GREAT ORMSIDE, APPLEBY
Received 27 Oct 19898 Green Bank, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7HA
Received 21 Mar 2014Records 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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