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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,828 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE HOWES FARM, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QG
Received 26 May 200413 Sandes Avenue, KENDAL, LA9 4LN
Received 22 Sept 2017OS FIELD NO 6588, WINSKILL, PENRITH
Received 19 Oct 2005Winderwath Farm Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 2AW
Received 17 Sept 2024SNUFF COTTAGE, SKIRSGILL LANE, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH, CA10 2BQ
Received 11 Feb 2013BARN ADJOINING GOODLIE HILL, GREAT ASBY, APPLEBY
Received 2 Jun 1998LAND ADJACENT SWIMMING POOL, THE CRICKET PAVILION, CHAPEL STREET, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6QR
Received 28 Jun 2018STRATHAIRLE, CARR BANK ROAD, CARR BANK
Received 1 May 2003Land adjacent to Rivers Mint and Kent extending from adjacent to Lakeland Distribution Centre to Helsington Mills, KENDAL
Received 22 Feb 2023Netherhouses Farm, Broughton Beck, ULVERSTON, LA12 7PR
Received 16 Sept 2020FRANK BRADLEY TRANSPORT, , CROSS CROFT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, APPLEBY, CA16 6HX
Received 28 Mar 2014Land North of Ivegill CARLISLE CA4 0PP
Received 15 Apr 2024Hackthorpe Community Woodland Hackthope Penrith
Received 27 Nov 202415 ROWAN AVENUE, ULVERSTON
Received 5 Sept 2000THE COTTAGE, NEWBY, PENRITH, CA10 3EX
Received 29 Oct 2012THE HERON THEATRE, STANLEY STREET, BEETHAM
Received 7 Sept 199816 HOLME RIGGS AVENUE, PENRITH, CA11 8NL
Received 17 May 20222 Craigmore, Charney Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 6BP
Received 13 Oct 2016BARN ADJ TO RUSHGILL HOUSE, SKELTON WOOD END, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9UB
Received 16 Jul 2019GARNETT FOLDS, SKELSMERGH
Received 4 Jan 2001DEPOT AT FELL VIEW, MORLAND, CA10 3AX
Received 20 Jul 2020HEANINGS FARM, GREAT MUSGRAVE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DP
Received 7 Aug 2015Burns Farm Caravan Site, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7SS
Received 27 Oct 2020STONECROSS NURSING HOME, MILNTHORPE ROAD, KENDAL
Received 17 Oct 1997Records 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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