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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HIGHFIELD FARM, DALTON-IN-FURNESS
Received 12 Feb 1990ALSTON MOOR FITNESS CLUB - SPORTS PAVILION, TYNE WILLOWS PLAYING FIELD, STATION ROAD, ALSTON, CA9 3HZ
Received 7 Apr 2017GATEFOOT FARM, GARRIGILL, ALSTON, CA9 3DU
Received 7 Nov 2018Langholme Mill, Lowick Green, ULVERSTON, LA12 8ES
Received 6 Jan 2021SKELTON A TRANSMITTING STATION, SKELTON PASTURES, SKELTON, PENRITH
Received 23 Jun 19969 Mounts Meadow Close, Gleaston, ULVERSTON, LA12 0RL
Received 12 Jan 20225 ABBEY DRIVE, NATLAND
Received 8 Feb 20027 Castle Drive, KENDAL, LA9 7BN
Received 28 Apr 2021ALBERT ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 29 Jun 199020 BRIDGE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9DF
Received 30 Aug 2012LITTLE BARROCK, CARLETON, CARLISLE, CA4 0DA
Received 23 Apr 2014VOREDA HOUSE, PORTLAND PLACE, PENRITH, CA11 7BF
Received 8 Jan 20213 DEVONSHIRE STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7SR
Received 19 May 2004340, GREY CRAG, BRIGSTEER
Received 30 Dec 2002PLOTS D, E & F HALL FARM, MORLAND, PENRITH, CA10 3AZ
Received 9 Mar 2005Land at Daisy Hill, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0ST
Received 21 Aug 2020OWERT FIELD, PRESTON PATRICK
Received 30 Apr 2003ANCHOR FARM, SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 9HL
Received 23 Dec 2004Above Gate Farm, Leece, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QP
Received 30 Mar 2017Machells Public House, Main Street, Greenodd, Ulverston, LA12 7QZ
Received 14 Jul 2014PRIZET NORTHBOUND, A591 HELSINGTON, KENDAL
Received 15 Jan 1997QUAKER MEETING HOUSE, MEETING HOUSE LANE, PENRITH
Received 17 Oct 20011 OLD BOWSTON, NEAR KENDAL
Received 17 Feb 2000The Birches Murley Moss Lane KENDAL LA9 7NL
Received 4 Jun 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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