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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0 approved · 0 refused · 2,933 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
BANK COURT, THE SQUARE, CARTMEL, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 6QB
Received 30 Nov 2012PLOT NO 7 PHASE 6, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH
Received 15 Oct 19902 Birkrigg Close, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, Cumbria, LA12 0SA
Received 30 Dec 2014LAND OFF LARK LANE, PENRITH
Received 15 Feb 2006THACKWOOD FARMHOUSE, SOUTHWAITE, CARLISLE, CA4 0PZ
Received 25 Feb 2020NUNSWOOD, ORCHARD DRIVE, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UD
Received 20 Nov 2017Newbiggin Farm Newbiggin CARNFORTH LA6 2PL
Received 20 Jan 2026Shieling Parkside Road KENDAL LA9 7LG
Received 11 Mar 2026COW BANK, WEASDALE, NEWBIGGIN-ON-LUNE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4LY
Received 28 Apr 20141 Wood Close Cottages Church Hill Arnside CARNFORTH LA5 0DN
Received 20 Jun 2025GLEBE HOUSE, SKELTON, PENRITH, CA11 9TE
Received 1 Jul 2005SUNNY BANK, GRANGE FELL ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Received 23 Jul 1997BEEZON CHAMBERS, SANDES AVENUE, KENDAL
Received 9 Mar 1990SOUTHWAITE HILL COTTAGE, SOUTHWAITE, CA4 0EW
Received 17 Sept 20201 STATION ROAD, KENDAL.
Received 16 Jul 1998OWL BARN, HIGH CASTERTON
Received 27 Apr 199981 BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL, LA9 4RZ
Received 19 Nov 200336 Monument Way ULVERSTON LA12 9SY
Received 28 Nov 2025ALMA HOUSE, GRAHAM STREET, PENRITH
Received 13 May 1991MOSS BANK LODGE PARK, MOSS BANK, GREAT SALKELD, PENRITH, CA11 9NA
Received 4 Oct 2017100 Park Road, Swarthmoor, ULVERSTON, LA12 0HJ
Received 27 Jan 202129, THE PARKLANDS, PENRITH, CA11 8TF
Received 7 Mar 2004WESTBURY, 24 SILVERDALE ROAD, ARNSIDE, LA5 0DT
Received 29 May 2013MIDTOWN FARM, CLIFTON, PENRITH
Received 15 Mar 1996Records 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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