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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LANGLANDS, PALLET HILL, PENRITH
Received 8 Jul 19968 The Old Woodyard High Tenterfell KENDAL LA9 4PZ
Received 10 Jul 2024GLENDENE, MILBURN, PENRITH, CA10 1TL
Received 18 Sept 2015CHAPEL VIEW, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 12 Jun 1997Fox Covert Laverock Hill Mealbank Kendal LA8 9EP
Received 2 Sept 2026LITTLEBECK FARM, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3DB
Received 22 Jul 20162 STRAMONGATE, KENDAL
Received 26 Jan 1990Low Fell Lowther Street Penrith CA11 7UW
Received 26 Jan 202627 THE DRIVE, ULVERSTON
Received 4 Oct 1996GAYTHORNE HALL FARM, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3SJ
Received 20 Jun 2012PART OS 2400, DUFTON, APPLEBY
Received 15 Jul 1998ALMOND BANK, ALLITHWAITE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA117RP
Received 25 Feb 2005LAND AT UNION LANE, ULVERSTON, LA12 7BU
Received 4 Mar 2005NEWLYN, HIGHFIELD ROAD, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 7JA
Received 11 Apr 2013The Dog Beck 21-22 Southend Road PENRITH CA11 8JH
Received 17 Sept 2024APPLEBY CASTLE ESTATE, APPLEBY
Received 22 Dec 1997CEDAR HOUSE SCHOOL, NEW ROAD, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 9 Mar 2004FIELD 0700, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 15 Jul 1999STONE DRESSING YARD, BAYLE HILL FARM, ALSTON, CA9 3DA
Received 18 Aug 20033 SCHOOL TERRACE, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JG
Received 3 Jun 2013OS Field No. 6510, south of Fell Close, Off Burton Road, Oxenholme, KENDAL, LA9 7ER
Received 7 Jul 2017THE BUNGALOW, BECKFOOT, LOWGILL, KENDAL, LA8 0BL
Received 10 Jun 2005FELL VIEW, BLENCARN, PENRITH, CA10 1TX
Received 18 Sept 2003Thistlewood Tower High Bridge Dalston CARLISLE CA5 7DS
Received 23 Dec 2025Records 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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