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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
STABLE & GARAGE AT REAR THE CROSS KEYS INN, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 11 Oct 200241 & 42 THE GILL, ULVERSTON
Received 26 Apr 1996UNITS B1 AND B2 BREWERY LANE, PENRITH NEW SQUARES, PENRITH, CA11 7FG
Received 15 Nov 2023SITE OF DIS-USED FARM BUILDING, MAIN STREET, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 1 Nov 1990HOME FARM, EDENHALL, PENRITH
Received 28 Apr 1999LAND BEHIND GREYHOUND INN, GRIZEBECK
Received 13 Feb 19923 CLARENCE STREET, ULVERSTON, LA12 7JJ
Received 2 May 2006RECREATIONAL AREA BETWEEN ANCHORITE FIELDS AND BROCKBECK, KENDAL
Received 16 Jan 2013BARN AT WATCHGATE FARM, SELSIDE
Received 19 Jan 1996Malt Kiln, Barbon, CARNFORTH, Cumbria, LA6 2LN
Received 15 Mar 2016NANNY CROFT, SLEAGILL, PENRITH
Received 1 May 2000PART OS 7600, ADJACENT JUNCTION 37,, M6, KILLINGTON
Received 29 Aug 1997Area Surrounding Natland Caravan Park Natland Kendal LA9 7QT
Received 24 Apr 2026NELSON HILL WOODLAND, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 29 Feb 2012CHURCH VIEW COTTAGE, HEVERSHAM
Received 17 Aug 1990Wellwood, Bardsea, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 9RD
Received 3 Mar 2015CROSSWAYS, BEACON EDGE, PENRITH, CA11 7SD
Received 1 Oct 2014Saddlers Barn, Foxfield Road, Foxfield, BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, LA20 6BY
Received 2 Apr 2019113 Sedbergh Road, KENDAL, LA9 6BG
Received 17 Apr 2018MARGARETS PRAMS, 59 HIGHGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4ED
Received 5 Jul 200617 CASTLE RIGGS, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 7BA
Received 8 May 2012The Factory Brews Ltd, 5 Aynam Road, KENDAL, LA9 7DE
Received 9 Nov 2022NOBLES FARM, BERRIER, PENRITH, CA11 0XD
Received 31 Oct 2017Bank End Farm Hesket Newmarket Wigton CA7 8HR
Received 30 Mar 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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