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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10, MILLERSTONE RISE, KIRKBY THORE, PENRITH
Received 18 Apr 200220 STRICKLANDGATE, PENRITH, CA11 7QA
Received 4 Apr 2019FORMER TYRE DEPOT, LITTLE AYNAM, KENDAL
Received 31 Jan 2003STONE HOUSE, SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 9 Jul 1999101 VALLEY DRIVE, KENDAL, LA9 7AQ
Received 14 Oct 2005THE BARN, REAR OF 18 GOAD STREET, SWARTHMOOR, ULVERSTON
Received 21 Jan 1992Grass Verge near to the Strand Cottages, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AE
Received 18 May 20234 Sunny Bank Stainton PENRITH CA11 0EU
Received 16 Sept 2024STATION YARD, CLIFTON, PENRITH, CA10 2EX
Received 15 Aug 2014BUILDINGS OPPOSITE CARLS HEAD, KINGS MEABURN
Received 25 Jul 1991OMEGA PROTEINS, GREYSTOKE ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 9 Sept 2020JOAN ADELE HAIRDRESSING 13 LOWTHER STREET, KENDAL, LA9 4DH
Received 21 Feb 200539 THE GILL, ULVERSTON
Received 19 Jun 2002HILLCREST, MABBIN HALL LANE, LEASGILL
Received 20 Mar 2001Land at Whitbarrow Penrith
Received 3 Mar 202652 Greenside KENDAL LA9 5DT
Received 20 Mar 202423 Woodland Road ULVERSTON LA12 0DX
Received 31 Mar 2025A66 Hub, , LORDS HOUSE, BROUGHAM, PENRITH, CA10 2AB
Received 4 Jan 2022AUGILL CARAVAN PARK, BROUGH, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4DX
Received 12 Nov 2004BOOT AND SHOE INN, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0TP
Received 7 Feb 2020LOW SLACK, QUEENS ROAD, KENDAL
Received 8 Aug 1997PRINCE CHARLES HOUSE, 95 STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL, LA9 4RA
Received 21 Aug 2003FORMER RAILWAY YARD, ARNSIDE
Received 21 Jan 1991MIDDLE FARM, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH
Received 11 Oct 2002Records 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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