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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BLENCOW CHAPEL, BLENCOW, PENRITH, CA11 0DB
Received 14 Sept 2006Olde Blue Bell, Heversham, Milnthorpe, LA7 7EN
Received 4 Nov 2015181 HIGHGATE, KENDAL
Received 25 Jan 2000Blenket Farm, Jack Hill, Allithwaite, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7RL
Received 6 Jan 201639 Croft Avenue PENRITH CA11 7RG
Received 26 Mar 2026FOUL LOANING, ALSTON, CA9 3BD
Received 24 May 2017Land adjacent to Burlington Primary School, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS
Received 18 Jun 2021COACH HOUSE, BEHIND OLD RECTORY, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY, CUMBRIA, CA16 6EX
Received 3 Mar 2011LAND OFF LUND ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 11 Jun 2002CHURCH BANK FARM, BURTON, LA6 1NT
Received 7 Apr 200610 Green Bank ULVERSTON LA12 7HA
Received 21 Oct 2024Corrie Loch, Storth Road, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7JA
Received 7 Dec 201865 MUSGRAVE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9AS
Received 29 Sept 202191 - 93 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4RA
Received 3 Jul 2006Hallbeck Bridge, Killington, CARNFORTH, LA6 2EZ
Received 28 Jun 2016UNIT B2, NEW LOOK, NEW SQUARES, PENRITH
Received 16 May 2013CHURCH VIEW COTTAGE, THE BUTTS, ALSTON, CA9 3JU
Received 16 Mar 2023Greenacre Barn Popplemire Lane Old Hutton KENDAL LA8 0NA
Received 21 Oct 2024Plough Hotel, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PJ
Received 3 Nov 2016TONY SHARPS YARD, FOXFIELD, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BX
Received 30 Mar 2006FELLSIDE FARM, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LA6 2EH
Received 19 May 200625, CANNY CROFT, PENRITH
Received 16 Oct 20024 HOWGATE FOOT, THE SANDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6XP
Received 12 Jun 2017SAWMILL, CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY
Received 11 Oct 1990Records 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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