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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Lane House Business Park, Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2HH
Received 24 Feb 2021SANDATH GARDENS, FELL LANE, PENRITH, CA11 8BG
Received 8 Sept 201510 NEWTON MEADOWS, NEWTON REIGNY, PENRITH, CA11 0AT
Received 15 Jun 2018RED ROSE SOCIAL & RECREATION CENTRE,, VICTORIA ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 28 Jun 20023 RIGGSIDE MEWS, PALLET HILL, PENRITH, CA11 0BY
Received 20 Jan 2012The Smithy Windermere Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EQ
Received 23 Mar 202647 CROFT AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 7RG
Received 21 Jul 2004CROWN HOTEL, FRONT STREET, ALSTON, CA9 3HR
Received 15 Dec 2004DAVIDSONS JUNCTION 40 LTD, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 7EH
Received 25 Apr 2012LAND BELOW NO. 2 UNION LANE, ULVERSTON
Received 3 May 1991DOUGS DINER UNIT 14, COWPER ROAD GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH
Received 17 Feb 20032 Beacon Edge PENRITH CA11 7SE
Received 11 Mar 2026BUILDING TO REAR OF 57 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE
Received 13 Jun 2000LAND ADJACENT TO GARVE, CATTERLEN, PENRITH
Received 26 Apr 2001Ninezergh Farm, Levens, KENDAL, LA8 0PA
Received 28 Sept 2017Seattle Sandside KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS Cumbria LA17 7TA
Received 15 Feb 2024WARCOP TRAINING CENTRE, WARCOP, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6PA
Received 8 Feb 2021PENRITH SWIMMING POOL, SOUTHEND ROAD, PENRITH
Received 5 Jun 2003LOUND COTTAGE, GARDEN ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 7ED
Received 1 Aug 2005BELLEVUE FARM, SALKELD ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 8SG
Received 21 Dec 2022STOBARS LODGE STOBARS HALL, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 13 Aug 1997Black Swan Hotel, Allhallows Lane, KENDAL, LA9 4JH
Received 4 May 2018Sillfield Farm, Gatebeck, KENDAL, LA8 0HZ
Received 25 Aug 2023HEATHFIELD, BARNRIGG, BARBON, CARNFORTH, LA6 2LJ
Received 9 Jun 2004Records 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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