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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CROSSROADS EAST OF JUNCTION WITH A6, WATCHGATE, KENDAL, CUMBRIA
Received 25 Jun 2004LAND OPPOSITE CASTLE GARTH, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DR
Received 5 Mar 2018ACRESFIELD, MOWINGS LANE, ULVERSTON
Received 5 Jul 2000LAND AT ASHTON LEA, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 20 Apr 1999ROSE COTTAGE, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH
Received 9 Jun 20001, HORSLEY TERRACE, PENRITH
Received 21 Nov 20007 BOROUGHGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XF
Received 30 Jun 2014Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 16 Oct 202014, BRENT ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8EW
Received 21 Jan 200423 Churchill Court, Burneside, KENDAL, LA9 6QW
Received 16 Oct 2019BOX TREE COTTAGE, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8NZ
Received 27 Jun 2006BADGER COTTAGE, DOVE NEST LANE, ENDMOOR, KENDAL, LA8 0EY
Received 23 Jul 2012STUBBS YARD, CHURCH ROAD, GREAT URSWICK
Received 4 Sept 1996West end Nursery, West End Lane, ULVERSTON, LA12 9HP
Received 26 Oct 2017Penrith Cricket Club Wetheriggs Lane Penrith CA11 8PE
Received 18 May 2026Brown Howe Melkinthorpe Penrith CA10 2DP
Received 4 Dec 2023TOWN HEAD BARN, WATER STREET, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3BP
Received 24 Aug 2015GARDEN COTTAGE, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JQ
Received 25 Apr 20051 Fairview, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HF
Received 30 Jun 2021HILL TOP FARM, MAULDS MEABURN, PENRITH
Received 25 Jun 1999FIELD NO. 2956, REDHILLS, PENRITH
Received 29 Jul 2003P D WILLACY'S YARD, QUARRY LANE, SANDSIDE
Received 14 Dec 2000GRAND PRIX SERVICES, MAIN STREET, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4AY
Received 16 May 2005LYTHGOE HOUSE, KENTS BANK ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7EY
Received 16 May 2006Records 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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