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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
VILLAGE HALL, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NQ
Received 28 Nov 2022Land Between The Burrells and Hilltop Burrells Appleby-in-westmorland CA16 6EG
Received 16 Jan 2026LONGLANDS VIEW, KENDAL
Received 6 Apr 2001STONEYBECK, BOWSCAR, PENRITH, CA11 8RP
Received 11 Oct 2021BANK END FARM, BANK END, HESKET NEWMARKET, WIGTON
Received 15 Oct 1996116 SCOTLAND ROAD, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9JB
Received 28 Feb 2012Old Barn Garth, Barn Garth, Cartmel, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6PP
Received 6 Jul 2023BALMERS FARM, PLUMPTON, PENRITH
Received 20 Feb 200332 Woodland Road ULVERSTON LA12 0DX
Received 11 Jul 2025Land Adjacent 5 Arnbarrow, Storth, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7HP
Received 30 Aug 2022GREENSIDE FARM, RAVENSTONEDALE, KIRKBY STEPHEN
Received 1 Feb 1999BARN ADJACENT TO RUSHGILL HOUSE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9UB
Received 16 Jul 2019PLOT 16, CARLETON HALL GARDENS, PENRITH
Received 6 Jul 1998Land to rear of 60 Main Street, Flookburgh, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7LB
Received 15 Sept 2017FIELD NOS 1328 AND 1840 LAND AT, MILLRIGG, CULGAITH, PENRITH
Received 7 Apr 1999BACK LANE, KIRKOSWALD, PENRITH
Received 5 May 2003Ashley, Vicarage Lane, Burton-In-Kendal, CARNFORTH, LA6 1NW
Received 31 Jul 202317 FALLOWFIELD AVENUE, ULVERSTON
Received 13 Mar 1997PENRITH RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB, WINTERS PARK, PENRITH, CA11 8RG
Received 18 Dec 20175 BLEA TARN CLOSE, KENDAL
Received 16 Feb 200035 PENNYHILL PARK, PENRITH, CA11 9JW
Received 11 Jul 2006GREENHEAD FARM, HINCASTER
Received 28 Oct 1997Stonycroft, Rockland Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 7HR
Received 4 Oct 2018LAND SOUTH OF GARTHEND, SCARROWS LANE, LAZONBY, PENRITH
Received 15 Jul 1998Records 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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