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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BARN AT PARKSIDE, HALE
Received 11 Jun 2002Clifton CP School Clifton PENRITH CA10 2EG
Received 20 Sept 202414 TRINKELD AVENUE, SWARTHMOOR
Received 21 May 1998LOW MOOR CARAVAN PARK, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH, CA10 1XQ
Received 1 Jun 20227 STONELANDS, LEVENS, KENDAL, LA8 8QF
Received 3 Jun 2005Eller Bank, Methven Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7DU
Received 20 Apr 201551 KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AY
Received 25 Feb 2019LAND AT THE JUNCTION OF A6 AND B5035, PENRITH
Received 27 Oct 201719 Castle Crescent, KENDAL, LA9 7AN
Received 14 Mar 2017THE ASHES, RAUGHTON HEAD, CARLISLE, CA5 7DT
Received 18 Jul 20149 THE RIDE, DUFTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6DB
Received 4 Dec 2014LAND AT HAYFELL AVENUE, HERON HILL,, KENDAL
Received 13 Aug 1990Former car park, Morecambe Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9BN
Received 15 Sept 2021SOUTH FIELD FARM, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LH
Received 3 Feb 201729, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND
Received 9 Aug 1996Lakeland Leisure Park, Moor Lane, Flookburgh, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7LT
Received 22 Feb 2023BARN AT DENT HILL, HELBECK, BROUGH, CA17 4EA
Received 18 Jan 2016LAND ADJACENT TO NEWBY HEAD FARM, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 23 May 19904 Long Lane, Stainton-With-Adgarley, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, LA13 0NN
Received 18 Mar 2022Gill Forge Ellonby PENRITH CA11 9SJ
Received 17 Nov 2025BOLLAM FARM COTTAGE, NATEBY ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 1 Aug 20002 Hayclose, Hayclose Lane, New Hutton, Kendal, LA8 0AG
Received 15 Aug 2016TOWN END COURT, NATLAND
Received 6 May 2003High Trees Leighton Drive Slackhead MILNTHORPE LA7 7BE
Received 1 May 2026Records 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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