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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stricklandgate House Trust, 92 Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4PU
Received 30 Sept 202036, GREAT DOCKRAY, PENRITH
Received 29 Nov 1990GILLING REANE, GILLINGGATE, KENDAL
Received 4 Oct 1990KENTMERE HOUSE, 1 BLACKHALL ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4BS
Received 6 Sept 2004HOWES FARM, CALTHWAITE, PENRITH, CA11 9QG
Received 27 Apr 2005Red Syke Lodge, Pennington, Ulverston, LA12 0JR
Received 8 Apr 2014GARDEN COTTAGE, ORTON, PENRITH, CA10 3RX
Received 8 Mar 2012WHITBURN COTTAGE, ALSTON, CA9 3DA
Received 15 Oct 2014CROFT HOUSE, NEWBY, PENRITH
Received 2 Aug 199957 URSWICK ROAD, ULVERSTON, CUMBRIA, LA12 9LJ
Received 20 Dec 2004Calthwaite Penrith CA11 9RZ
Received 12 Feb 2025THE OLD WEIGH HOUSE, ABBOTS BROW, KIRKBY LONSDALE, LA6 2AT
Received 18 Apr 2006Unit 8, Westmorland Shopping Centre, KENDAL, LA9 4LR
Received 11 Jun 2018127 STAINBANK ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 5BG
Received 4 May 2004OS FIELD NO 1852, NORD VUE FARM, ARMATHWAITE, CARLISLE
Received 5 Apr 200511 ROSE HILL GROVE, SANDSIDE, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HR
Received 23 Aug 2004Boot And Shoe Inn Berrier Road Greystoke Penrith CA11 0TP
Received 10 Mar 2025COOMBE VIEW, GRIZEBECK, KIRKBY-IN-FURNESS
Received 6 Nov 19901 Church Buildings, Main Street, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6BA
Received 1 Feb 2016GATEHEAD FARMHOUSE, GARRIGILL, ALSTON
Received 3 Mar 1998Cricket Ground, Back Lane, Sedgwick, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA8 0JX
Received 30 May 2022Land adjacent to Millness Hall, Crooklands, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7NS
Received 10 Mar 20175 OAK BANK, NEWBIGGIN, PENRITH, CA11 0HT
Received 24 Jan 2023PHASE 3, PARKERS CLOSE, SHAP, PENRITH
Received 12 Sept 2001Records 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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