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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 ARTHUR STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7TU
Received 27 Jul 2017TOP THORN FARM, WHINFELL, NR. KENDAL
Received 22 Jul 1999HALE HOUSE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XS
Received 15 Feb 20221 BIRKTHWAITE MEWS, WREAY, CARLISLE, CA4 0RZ
Received 14 Feb 2013SHEARMAN HOUSE, ALLHALLOWS LANE, KENDAL
Received 10 Oct 2002BRACKEN VILLE, MURLEY MOSS LANE, KENDAL
Received 14 Aug 1991LAKE DISTRICT BUSINESS PARK, FORMER MMB, SITE, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL.
Received 17 Nov 1998Greystones Rowgate Kirkby Stephen CA17 4SP
Received 12 Jun 2025FLETCHER HOUSE, MARKET STREET, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 25 Mar 2002THE BUILDINGS FARM, KABER, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EF
Received 20 Jun 2014UNITED UTILITIES PLC, BEACON EDGE WATER TREATMENT WORKS, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH
Received 6 Aug 2004SELSIDE ENDOWED PRIMARY SCHOOL, SELSIDE
Received 19 May 1999Meanfield Cottage, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BP
Received 7 Dec 2021LAND ADJACENT TO STATION ROAD, HOLME, MILLS
Received 8 Mar 2001HIGH BARNS FARM, LEVENS BRIDGE
Received 18 May 1998ESPLANADE STUDIO, KENTS BANK ROAD,, GRANGE OVER SANDS
Received 3 Feb 2003GRAYSON HOUSE, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH
Received 5 Nov 2001HILLSIDE HOUSE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 27 Sept 2005SITE 6, MARDALE ROAD GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH
Received 6 Jan 2003The Pastures Lodge Park, Templand Lane, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7QY
Received 24 Mar 2020Tall Pines Kent Lea Kentrigg KENDAL LA9 6FW
Received 5 Dec 202540, BRUNSWICK SQUARE, PENRITH
Received 6 Jul 1990BECKSIDE HOUSE FARM, BECKSIDE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SW
Received 5 Aug 2004MINTSFEET ROAD NORTH, KENDAL
Received 1 Sept 1997Records 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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