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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,821 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH
Received 2 Dec 1999BROOKLYN, SOUTH GATESIDE, SELSIDE, NR KENDAL
Received 16 Apr 1991St Johns Road Stainton Penrith CA11 0EY
Received 13 Feb 2025Saltcotes Station Road Arnside Carnforth LA5 0HG
Received 13 Mar 2025LAND TO EAST OF RAILWAY, MOSS LANE,, HOLME
Received 7 Feb 2000Woodlea, 1 Moorend Cottages, Endmoor, KENDAL, LA8 0EW
Received 28 Apr 2017Land to the Rear of Staynegarth Stainton PENRITH CA11 0EP
Received 28 Jul 2025Cragg View House, Great Urswick, ULVERSTON, LA12 0SX
Received 20 Jul 20201 Pengarth, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6BF
Received 2 Nov 2016LOW HOUSE FARM, HELSINGTON, KENDAL, LA8 8AG
Received 23 Aug 2012Old Scotch Road, Killington, Carnforth
Received 5 Feb 2015COLBY LAITHES, COLBY, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BA
Received 4 Oct 2018Springs View High Biggins Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2NP
Received 8 Aug 20249 Castle Drive Penrith CA11 7DN
Received 31 Jul 2024KINGS ARMS MAIN STREET, BURTON-IN-KENDAL
Received 27 Mar 2000YEW TREES, LOWTHER STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7UW
Received 5 Jul 2013TARN BANK, SKELSMERGH
Received 27 Jan 1997FAIRWAYS, COW BROW, LUPTON, LA6 1PH
Received 30 Nov 20069 CEDAR GROVE, KENDAL
Received 23 Nov 1999Oscar House Faraday Road Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QL
Received 2 Apr 20249 Pine Close GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7JJ
Received 7 Mar 2024HASTY BANK, BOWSCAR ROAD, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 9NW
Received 5 Aug 2019PLOT 1 LAMLEY HOUSE, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH
Received 18 Jan 1999South Site (Former Car Park), Glaxosmithkline, North Lonsdale Road, Ulverston, LA12 9DR
Received 1 Sept 2020Records 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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