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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20, PARKLANDS WAY, PENRITH
Received 1 Oct 2002LAND ADJACENT TO CROSS KEYS YARD,, MILNTHORPE
Received 21 Sept 20013 BEECH HILL TERRACE, KENDAL
Received 24 Apr 2003Steel Croft, Selside, KENDAL, LA8 9LB
Received 29 Mar 2023LAND AT HIGH GALLIGILL FARM, NENTHEAD, ALSTON, CA9 3LW
Received 23 Oct 20202 Queen Street ULVERSTON LA12 7AX
Received 9 Sept 2026FOLLY FARM, CASTERTON.
Received 22 Apr 1998KANGAROO HOUSE, COLBY, APPLEBY, CA16 6BD
Received 20 Jun 2006GLENSIDE, OXENHOLME, KENDAL
Received 1 Nov 19902 IMPERIAL BUILDINGS, MAIN STREET, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 22 Oct 1991THORNCROFT, KENDAL GREEN, KENDAL
Received 17 Nov 1999O.S. FIELDS NOS 1658 AND 2168, LUPTON
Received 5 Aug 1991BARNS AT RAYSON HALL, OUSBY, PENRITH, CA10 1QB
Received 11 May 2004Driftwood Studio Goadsbarrow ULVERSTON LA12 0RE
Received 28 Apr 20261 QUAKERS CLOSE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2JJ
Received 9 Apr 2021Greaves Farm, Popplemire Lane, Old Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0NA
Received 1 Dec 2015PEARSET PARK, HIGH CASTERTON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2SD
Received 8 Aug 2013Clare House Park Road Grange-over-sands Cumbria LA11 7HQ
Received 26 Jul 2024Center Parcs Whinfell Forest Whinfell Forest Penrith CA10 2DW
Received 23 Apr 2026CARLING HOUSE, GARBRIDGE LANE, APPLEBY, CA16 6HZ
Received 7 Apr 2021DALLAM SCHOOL, MILNTHORPE
Received 10 Mar 1997PLOT NOS 65/67 INCLUSIVE, PHASE 2 BARCO, PENRITH
Received 26 Jun 19904 PRIORY LANE, KENTS BANK, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 19 Jan 1999Land South of Barco Carleton Road PENRITH CA11 8LR
Received 2 Sept 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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