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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,907 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Aug 1974 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PARKSIDE, ARNSIDE, CARNFORTH
Received 26 Mar 2002LOW BARN, FLAKEBRIDGE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6JZ
Received 26 Aug 2021EDEN VIEW, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 11 Feb 202221 Inglemere Gardens Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0BX
Received 31 Oct 2025CHANNEL HOUSE FARM, PENNINGTON, ULVERSTON, LA12 7NY
Received 25 Apr 2006Milton Lane, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NL
Received 11 Feb 2019Land Behind 53 Carter Road, Kents Bank, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7AG
Received 18 May 2021NETHER HOFF, COLBY, APPLEBY, CA16 6BD
Received 11 Apr 2006STATION VIEW, PENRITH, CA11 0BX
Received 15 Mar 2018Land near Low House Southernby Hesket Newmarket Wigton CA7 8JA
Received 19 Aug 2024Parkside Guest House, 59 Redhills Road, ARNSIDE, LA5 0AU
Received 21 Feb 2017VICTORIA HIGH SCHOOL (UPPER SCHOOL), SPRINGFIELD ROAD, ULVERSTON
Received 28 Nov 1996Greenside Farm, Hincaster, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NA
Received 13 Sept 201712 Abbots Way, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BP
Received 4 Jun 2021THE OLD VEGETABLE GARDEN, ABBOTS BROW, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2FT
Received 27 Jun 2012REAR OF HARDCRAGG HOTEL, CRAGG DRIVE, GRANGE OVER SANDS, CUMBRIA
Received 4 May 1989BARN ADJACENT ST. MARTINS COTTAGE, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH
Received 4 Apr 1990THANET WELL HOLIDAY PARK, HUTTON ROOF, PENRITH, CA11 0XX
Received 3 Jan 2006PLOT 3 (PHASE 2), SOUTHWAITE GREEN MILL, EAMONT BRIDGE, PENRITH
Received 20 Jul 20009 Garden Road, KENDAL, LA9 7ED
Received 13 Dec 2018MILL HOUSE BARN, CROOKLANDS, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NS
Received 23 Oct 20037 FRIARS TERRACE, PENRITH
Received 15 May 199713 Outcast, Morecambe Road, ULVERSTON, LA12 9ED
Received 5 Nov 2019THE OLD RECTORY, CLIBURN, PENRITH
Received 23 Jun 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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