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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,830 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
COOMB EDEN LODGE, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 11 Mar 2001ULVERSTON WINDOW SYSTEMS, NORTH LONSDALE ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 14 Feb 2002HOLGATES CARAVAN PARK, COVE ROAD, SILVERDALE, LA5 0SH
Received 15 Feb 2006LAND AT SOUTHEND ROAD/CASTLE HILL ROAD, PENRITH
Received 19 Oct 2011ROMANWAY FARM, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 22 Apr 2003SAYERS GARAGE, SOUTH ROAD, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 16 May 1991The Hideaway, Cow Brow, Lupton, CARNFORTH, LA6 1PF
Received 6 Aug 2021ROYAL MAIL, ULVERSTON DELIVERY OFFICE VEHICLE GARAGES, VICTORIA ROAD, ULVERSTON, LA12 0BT
Received 4 Sept 2003SITE NEXT TO BANK TOP COTTAGES, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 19 Jan 1999SAND AIRE HOUSE, STRAMONGATE, KENDAL
Received 8 Oct 1996LAND EAST OF TOWNEND CROFT, CLIFTON, PENRITH
Received 21 Oct 2016APPLEBY GOLF CLUB, BRACKENBER MOOR, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6LP
Received 16 Mar 2004LOWFIELD, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 14 Feb 2002CUMPSTON HILL, MALLERSTANG, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4JX
Received 16 Sept 20131 FRIARY FIELDS, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6UT
Received 18 Oct 2019ST ANDREWS PARISH ROOMS, ST ANDREWS PLACE, PENRITH
Received 26 Mar 2003LAND OFF HIGHFIELD, TEBAY, PENRITH
Received 27 Jan 2005LAND ADJACENT THE BARN, CROSBY GARRETT
Received 29 Apr 1999WICKES, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 19 Sept 2013Hampsfell Grange, Hampsfell Road, Grange-Over-Sands, LA11 6AZ
Received 13 Oct 2014The Platform Copper Dog, Leece, ULVERSTON, LA12 0QP
Received 22 Jul 2020Adjacent 2 Parish Hall Kents Bank Road GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 7EY
Received 27 Oct 2025THE COACH HOUSE, HUTTON ROOF
Received 3 Apr 1991WRAGMIRE HEAD, CARLISLE
Received 17 May 2000Records 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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