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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HACKTHORPE HALL, HACKTHORPE, PENRITH
Received 9 Nov 2000CROSS HOUSE FARM, LAMBRIGG, LA8 0DE
Received 16 Jun 2005WINTON UNITED CHAPEL, WINTON, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4HS
Received 1 Sept 20053 Richmond Terrace, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BU
Received 29 Oct 201820 CUMBERLAND CLOSE, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EN
Received 26 Apr 202120 Cartmel Drive, ULVERSTON, LA12 9PU
Received 1 Jul 202121 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 2 Dec 20198 The Green Levens KENDAL LA8 8NH
Received 2 Apr 2024FISH AND CHIP SHOP, JINGLING LANE, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 21 Jun 1991Land East of Bridge End Farm Clifton Penrith CA10 2EA
Received 13 Jan 2025Unit 1 Adj Stanley Street Garage Stanley Street ULVERSTON LA12 7BS
Received 29 Apr 2024CROFT HOUSE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 16 Nov 1998BECKSIDE, AINSTABLE, CARLISLE
Received 19 Jul 1991CATON HOUSE, HIGH CASTERTON
Received 24 Aug 1998THE NOOK - WHITE GABLES, BROUGHTON BECK, ULVERSTON
Received 20 Jul 1999HOLLAND HOUSE, THORNFIELD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7DR
Received 14 Apr 2005ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL & CHURCH HALL, TOWN HEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3SL
Received 22 May 2006MELLGUARDS FARM, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0LE
Received 10 Jul 20132 MILNER MOUNT, PENRITH, CA11 8HE
Received 13 Jun 2023GREENGILL BANK, MORLAND, PENRITH
Received 14 Aug 1997PRINCE CHARLIE'S COTTAGE, 95 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4RA
Received 30 Nov 2011Barn behind 22 Market Street, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7JU
Received 8 Dec 2022FLAT 4, 5,6 & 7 KENTS BANK APARTMENTS, 96 KENTSFORD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BB
Received 29 Jul 2013HERON HILL SCHOOL, HAYFELL AVENUE, KENDAL
Received 26 Jul 2000Records 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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