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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT CARLETON HEIGHTS, CARLETON, PENRITH
Received 24 Nov 201761 Steel Street, ULVERSTON, LA12 9DY
Received 21 Sept 2018ABBEY NATIONAL PLC, 35 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4LT
Received 23 Aug 20041 Sunnyside KENDAL LA9 7DJ
Received 7 Sept 2026RIGGINDALE, LAZONBY, PENRITH, CA10 1AT
Received 1 Mar 2018Stephenson Centre Ann Street KENDAL LA9 6AA
Received 19 Dec 2023FOCUS, BURTON ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7JU
Received 20 Dec 2004The Meeting House Quakers Lane Sockbridge PENRITH CA10 2JR
Received 6 Feb 2026Land at Mid Town Farm Brampton APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND CA16 6JS
Received 12 Nov 2025SHEPHERD COTTAGE/YEOMANS COTTAGE AND THE FLAT, FOSTER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7PD
Received 7 May 2004CRANSTONS LTD, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH
Received 7 Mar 1997COCKEREL COTTAGE, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DH
Received 21 Aug 2020MOOR FOOT, CLIFTON, PENRITH
Received 13 May 1991UNIT 11 LOW PLAINS, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH
Received 30 May 1996The Boulders Charney Well Lane GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6DB
Received 8 Mar 2024THE COURTYARD HOUSE, FAIRBANK, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2BD
Received 10 Feb 2006COPPERS END, TANPITS LANE, BURTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 1JA
Received 8 Sept 2004GRIZEBECK FILLING STATION, KIRKBY IN FURNESS
Received 11 Sept 2001PART COLLINFIELD OPEN SPACE, KENDAL
Received 14 Aug 1990BT EXCHANGE, NENTHEAD ROAD, ALSTON
Received 15 Oct 1996FURROW GREEN FARM, WHARTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LQ
Received 5 Oct 2006Newland Iron Furnace, Newland, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7QG
Received 23 Jan 2015TSB BUILDING, MARKET SQUARE, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH LANCS
Received 19 Aug 2004Holme Park, New Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0AE
Received 12 Nov 2015Records 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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