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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LICHEN GILL, GATEBECK ROAD, ENDMOOR, KENDAL, LA8 0HH
Received 30 Jul 2013HACKTHORPE HALL, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 28 Feb 2000The Cockpit, Grayrigg, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9BU
Received 4 Dec 2015FELLGATE, CROSBY RAVENSWORTH, PENRITH, CA10 3JP
Received 12 Jul 2013PARK HOUSE FARM, HEVERSHAM
Received 8 Jan 1997Town Head Farm Great Strickland Penrith CA10 3DJ
Received 11 Dec 2024BRIDGE END PADDOCK, SKEW BRIDGE, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 11 Jan 2000MOOR VILLA, WINSKILL, PENRITH
Received 1 Jul 1998Land to south of Natland Mill Beck Farm, Natland Road, KENDAL, LA9 7LH
Received 27 Aug 201314 The Square, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7QJ
Received 13 Sept 201716 ASHMOUNT GARDENS, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6DN
Received 27 Jul 2012ROUNDTHWAITE FARM, TEBAY, PENRITH, CA10 3XU
Received 22 Feb 2016SEA PIE COTTAGE, LEYTHEY LANE, BAYCLIFF, ULVERSTON, LA12 9RR
Received 7 Aug 2006BURNSIDE BARN, HOLME
Received 12 Dec 1996NEWTON MEADOWS, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 12 Sept 1996LAND TO SOUTH OF MOREWOOD DRIVE AND EAST, OF BURTON MOREWOOD SCHOOL, BURTON-IN-, KENDAL.
Received 12 Jun 1998UPPER HILLSIDE, MILBURN ROAD, NEWBIGGIN, TEMPLE SOWERBY, PENRITH, CA10 1TE
Received 22 Dec 2017Footway outside 2 Main Street Flookburgh GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7LA
Received 17 Oct 2025POPLIN DUB, JOHNBY
Received 9 May 2002Unit 1 6 Hoad House New Market Street ULVERSTON LA12 7LN
Received 14 Aug 2026PRIMROSE HILL, PRIORY ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 11 Dec 2000TOWNHEAD HOUSE, ORTON, PENRITH
Received 26 Jul 1999GRAYLING, 13 BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UE
Received 21 Sept 2005ORCHARD HOUSE, THE GREEN, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 21 Oct 1996Records 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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